Volandes, Angelo E.
Summary: "There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at all costs. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes, even though research indicates that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved ones. The question How do you want to live? must be posed to the seriously ill because they deserve to choose. If doctors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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Summary: A gift book for food lovers, showcasing 90 authentic recipes from the Americas' indigenous populations in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution and the Mitsitam Cafe's executive chef, Richard Hetzler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian 2010
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Summary: "A look at falcons, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their wings, behaviors, relationships with humans, and their threatened status in the world today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks 2016
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Summary: "What if you could focus on one aspect of your well-being to transform all the others--and at the same time prevent health problems you didn't even know were lurking beneath the surface? In today's world, we have no idea how many symptoms, conditions, and diseases are rooted in an overloaded liver. It's not only about liver cancer, cirrhosis, and hepatitis. Nearly every challenge--from pesky...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House Inc. 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2017
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Summary: "Around the world, our ancient ancestors' mysterious art is left behind on cave walls, in rain forests, and with ink made from charcoal and crushed clay. These people told their stories in magnificent drawings that still speak to us today, echoing across generations. In her own stunning artwork that features the deserts of North America to the caves of Papua New Guinea, Hannah Salyer showcases...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.01 SALAlbert, Lee (Lee Michael)
Summary: Proven, practical, easy-to-follow program to reduce and even eliminate chronic muscular pain through simple movements and home care. Demonstrates how Integrated Positional Therapy (IPT) effectively treats pain patterns caused by injury, stress, repetitive strain, postural distortion and chronic neuromuscular conditions. Includes specific wellness plans for: headache, neck and shoulder pain, low...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dudley Court Press 2018
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Summary: Documents the story of the unlikely and powerful friendship between a Sikh and a former white supremacist in the aftermath of Wade Michael Page's murderous 2012 attack on a Wisconsin Sikh Temple, describing how they launched the Serve 2 Unite organization to promote community inclusion and fight hate crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MICLeavy, Jane
Summary: George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh-- business manager, spin doctor, damage control wizard, and surrogate father-- Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom. Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man. -- adapted from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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Summary: Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, the concept of women's healthcare hardly existed. Hossain was relieved to deliver her baby in the US. But things started to go awry from the minute she stepped in the hospital, and after thirty hours of labor Hossain ran a fever of 104 degrees, she shook and trembled uncontrollably, and the doctors finally performed an emergency C-section. Her experience...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2021
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Summary: "Mindfulness for kids with ADHD offers fun and accessible mindfulness exercises to help your child successfully navigate all areas of life. The activities in this easy-to-use workbook will help your child develop self-awareness and self-reflection--two skills that kids with ADHD often need extra help with. Your child will also learn the process of setting intention, as well as specific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2018
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Summary: Real wellness isn't just the absence of injury or illness. Janssen shares a consciousness- and compassion- based system for navigating wholeness in mind, body, and soul. This whole-body approach is the start of a vital, fulfilled life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Ethos 2017
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Summary: "A comprehensive guide to total breast health from the go-to breast care expert for Good Morning America and The Doctors. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer over the course of their lives, and breast cancer is the #1 killer of women ages 20-59. But did you know that only 15 percent of those diagnosed have a single relative with breast cancer? For most of us, family history...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2018
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Summary: In this inspirational yet practical book, the nutritional consultant and holistic healthcare expert who has helped celebrities such as Jessica Alba, Molly Sims, Chelsea Handler, and Emmy Rossum improve their health and achieve their goals shows you how to get beyond the food drama of cyclical fad diets and feel and look great by eating well. Kelly's Food Freedom program helps you set yourself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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Summary: "Schizophrenia is not a single unifying diagnosis, and Esmé Weijun Wang writes not just to her fellow members of the 'collected schizophrenias' but to those who wish to understand it as well. Opening with the journey toward her diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, Wang discusses the medical community's own disagreement about labels and procedures for diagnosing those with mental illness, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2019
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Summary: From One of the Greatest Bands in History Comes a Reminder to Never Give Up Hope. In this long-awaited memoir, complete with color photographs, songwriter and keyboardist Jonathan Cain takes us on an odyssey from center stage with Journey when all America was listening to songs like "Don't Stop Believin', "Faithfully," and "Open Arms," to his hope and faith today. He tells of the thrilling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2018
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Summary: "Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local South Carolina journalist Mandy Matney had an instinct that something wasn't right in the Lowcountry. The powerful Murdaugh dynasty had dominated rural South Carolina for generations. No one dared to cross them. When Mandy and her reporting partner Liz Farrell looked closer at a fatal boat crash...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what's really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins. Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true, sometimes shocking, always inspirational stories of three teachers as they navigate a year in the classroom. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2023
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Summary: Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the aging process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to reverse disease--as well as prevent and reduce symptoms--from the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine. Dean Ornish, M.D., has directed revolutionary research proving, for the first time, that lifestyle changes can often reverse--undo!--the progression of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019
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Summary: Offers an integrated approach to healing from trauma. Helps you to take control of your own healing and reclaim wholeness with movement, mindfulness, and nutrition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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Summary: A reconstruction of the 1973 fire that devastated New Orleans' subterranean gay community describes how the Up Stairs Lounge and dozens of innocent patrons were targeted in what became a catalyzing event in the gay liberation movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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Summary: Traces the scandalous murder of a Harvard Medical School graduate and the ensuing trial that riveted mid-nineteenth-century America, exploring how the case established important precedents in medical forensics and the definition of reasonable doubt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2018