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The Glass Castle: a Memoir
by Jeannette Walls  Publisher Comments Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in...
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder 
Powells.com Staff Pick "It's won the Pulitzer and for good reason; it's beautifully written, inspired, and gives you something to think about the rest of the year." Hilary, Powells...
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
by Oliver Sacks
Powells.com Staff Pick Musicophilia is a fascinating look at music and its effects on our brains. Who but Oliver Sacks could make such a compulsively readable book? Recommended by Beth, Powells.com...
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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books)
by Norman Doidge Publisher Comments An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing...
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Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, the Program of the Stress Reduction Clinic a
by Jon Kabat Zinn
Publisher Comments “Happy 15th birthday to one of the great classics of mind/body medicine! More than any other, Full Catastrophe Living is the book that enabled Americans to discover the inner life. This book has brought peace of mind to hundreds and thousands of...
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How Doctors Think
by Jerome Groopman Publisher Comments A New Yorker staff writer, best-selling author, and professor at Harvard Medical School unravels the ultimate medical mystery: how doctors figure out the best treatments — or fail to do so. On average, a physician will interrupt a patient...
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Healing With Whole Foods 3RD Edition
by Paul Pitchford
Powells.com Staff Pick Natural food and healing are the hipnewjiggytight thing. From TBN (The Bible Network) to CNN, "you are what you eat" is becoming more and more accepted as the Truth by the mainstream media. Healing With Whole Foods is the definitive resource...
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Vintage International)
by Jean-Dominique Bauby Publisher Comments In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare...
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Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
by Tal Ben-Shahar Publisher Comments Can YouLearn to BeHappy? YES . . . according to the teacher of HarvardUniversitys most popular and life-changingcourse. One out of every five Harvard studentshas lined up to hear Tal Ben-Shaharsinsightful and inspiring lectures on thatever-elusive state:...
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Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
by Brian Wansink Publisher Comments In this illuminating and groundbreaking new book, food psychologist Brian Wansink shows why you may not realize how much you're eating, what you're eating — or why you're even eating at all. Does food with a brand name really taste better? Do...
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French Women for All Seasons: A Year of Secrets, Recipes, and Pleasure
by Mireille Guiliano Publisher Comments An entertaining sequel to the best-selling French Women Don't Get Fat offers a definitive program that can be practiced anytime and anywhere, with four seasons of strategies for cooking, shopping, moving, and more, accompanied by a host of tips and...
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The Thyroid Diet
by Mary J. Shomon Publisher Comments From patient advocate Mary Shomon, author of Living Well With Hypothyroidism, here is the first book to tackle the weight factors specific to thyroid patients and detail a conventional and alternative plan for lasting weight loss. An estimated 10 million...
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French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure (Vintage)
by Mireille Guiliano Publisher Comments The million copy, ultimate #1 bestseller that is changing the way Americans eat and live Don’t Diet Eat Chocolate Drink Wine Take Long Walks Enjoy Life Stay Slim the French way Experience the joie de vivre of French Women Don’t Get Fat by...
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Name All the Animals: A Memoir
by Alison Smith Publisher Comments A luminous, true story, Name All the Animals is an unparalleled account of grief and secret love: the tale of a family clinging to the memory of a lost child, and of a young woman struggling to define herself in the wake of his loss. As children...
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My Father's Heart: A Son's Journey
by Steve Mckee Publisher Comments Sixteen-year-old Steve McKee watched his father die of a heart attack on the couch in their TV room. A lifelong smoker and workaholic, John McKee had been floored by a heart attack five years earlier. The McKee clan-perhaps including a demoralized John...
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Polio: An American Story
by David M. Oshinsky
Publisher Comments Here David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond. Drawing on newly available papers of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin...
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Passionista: The Empowered Woman's Guide to Pleasuring a Man
by Ian, Ph.d. Kernere Publisher Comments Transform Yourself from "Passion Victim" to Passionista! In the smash hit She Comes First, Ian Kerner singlehandedly waged battle against male sexual "ill-cliteracy," and women everywhere benefited from his "viva la vulva" philosophy of female pleasure...
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Her Last Death: A Memoir
by Susanna Sonnenberg Publisher Comments Her Last Death begins as the phone rings early one morning in the Montana house where Susanna Sonnenberg lives with her husband and two young sons. Her aunt is calling to tell Susanna her mother is in a coma after a car accident. She might not live. Any...
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Ultraprevention: The 6-Week Plan That Will Make You Healthy for Life
by Mark Hyman Publisher Comments Healthcare is pulled and shaped by many forces, by drug and insurance companies looking for profits, by politicians in search of votes, and by stressed, overworked physicians who barely have time to talk to you before writing a prescription or packing...
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Stupid Reasons People Die: An Ingenious Plot for Defusing Deadly Diseases
by John Corso Book News Annotation As part of Dr. Corso's prescription for the U.S. healthcare system that "plays Russian Roulette with patient lives," the internist views each patient as a partner in preventing catastrophic illness. He examines beliefs behind the traditional passive...
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