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Possible Side Effects
by Augsuten Burroughs  Publisher Comments National Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Augusten Burroughs's most provocative collection of true stories yet. From nicotine gum addiction to lesbian personal ads to incontinent dogs...
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Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine
by Tom Jordan Publisher Comments The story of America's greatest running legend. For five years, no American runner could beat him at any distance over a mile. But at the age of 24, with his best years still ahead, long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine finally lost. Driving alone...
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Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin
by Allen Zadoff Publisher Comments Allen Zadoff spent years reasoning that a big, healthy man should have a big, healthy appetite and that his rapidly increasing girth was no more than a regular guy thing. At 350 pounds, however, it became clear that what had started as a little weight...
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Season of the Body: Essays
by Brenda Lynn Miller 
Publisher Comments In this remarkable debut collection -- essentially a memoir in essay form -- Brenda Miller creates an autobiography that locates her body as its central reference point. Single and unable to bear children of her own, Miller details a life in...
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Medical Snare
by Dorothy Schueler Publisher Comments This is the true story of my past three years, traveling from doctor to doctor and clinic after clinic to repair the catastrophic results of an operation to repair a partially torn tendon in my right arm. I went from anger to bitterness to hopeless...
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A Brain's Battle Against a Stroke: Refocusing My Memory on Earlier Medicine
by Robert Sussler Publisher Comments A stroke because it is the blocking of blood flow to tissues within the brain can be life threatening, leave permanent damage, or require the patient to do daily battle with his own brain. The recovery of the stroke patient requires the specialist to...
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Brainstorming: Life After Acquired Brain Injury
by Dora Camp Publisher Comments As a result of strokes, aneurysms, brain tumors, auto accidents, and common falls, more than two million people suffer brain injuries each year, making acquired brain injury (ABI) a leading cause of disability. Norm Camp suffered a massive coronary...
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The Incredible Shrinking Critic: My Excellent Adventure in Weight Loss: 75 Pounds and Counting...
by Jami Bernard Publisher Comments Every extra pound tells a story... At five four and 230 pounds, film critic Jami Bernard took the plunge into what she half-jokingly calls the heart of darkness- her innermost self, where, by confronting a past both funny and painful, she was able to let...
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Medical Snare
by Dorothy Schueler Publisher Comments This is the true story of my past three years, traveling from doctor to doctor and clinic after clinic to repair the catastrophic results of an operation to repair a partially torn tendon in my right arm. I went from anger to bitterness to hopeless...
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The Story of My Life: An Autobiography That Reveals His System
by Arnold Ehret Publisher Comments Gain insight from this book to help you understand the Ehret System. Ehret's attraction has drawn hundreds of thousands of followers for more than 50 years. He was a humanitarian, a clairvoyant possessed of extra sensory perception and instinctive...
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Wellness Piece by Piece: How a Successful Entrepreneur Discovered the Pieces to His Chronic Health Puzzle
by Pat Sullivan Publisher Comments Pat Sullivan, who built one of America's best known business software brands, struggled with a variety of chronic illnesses for many years, including, chronic fatigue syndrome, adrenal fatigue syndrome, candidiasis, and irritable bowel syndrome...
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Fixing Frannie
by Frannie Rose Publisher Comments Preface by Dr. Joel S. Levine M.D. "A medical nightmare" Kingston Review "Truly the saga of too many American patients." Vann Literary Corner "Every American should read this book and become medically wise." Old Hickory Opinion and...
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Tomee's Song
by A. &. J. &. J. Kiladejo Synopsis The anticipation soars to a climax; things start happening at last. The excitement also mounts, after the long wait, the time has finally arrived. But then the anticipation and excitement crash into a harsh reality of shock, horror and disbelief. This...
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The Hundred Grand Lesson: A Spiritual Guide for Men Who Have Lost a Relationship and Are Considering On-Line Dating
by Mark Elliott Miller Synopsis A must-read for anyone who has experienced a loss and is considering on-line dating. The author lost her wife, father and father-in-law within four months and made many costly mistakes in the mourning process that are now lessons to help others avoid...
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Crossing Divides: A Couple's Story of Cancer, Hope, and Hiking Montana's Continental Divide
by Scott Bischke Publisher Comments Be inspired by how the human spirit prevails over cancer "Crossing Divides" is the story of a young couple's heroic struggle with cancer and their 800-mile hike across Montana's Continental Divide. The hike provides an opportunity for metaphorical...
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A Life Unburdened: Getting Over Weight and Getting on with My Life
by Richard Morris Synopsis A Life Unburdened chronicles the amazing transformation of Richard Morris, whose life of personal and public pain--a life burdened by more than 400 pounds--undergoes an amazing transformation as Richard discovers the redemptive power of traditional foods....
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Thin Is the New Happy
by Valerie Frankel Publisher Comments “Val Frankel is a woman of amazing insight. . . . Read this, weep, and heal.” —Stacy London, cohost of What Not to Wear You’ve heard the phrase “the mirror is not your friend.” For Valerie Frankel, the mirror was so...
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Possible Side Effects
by Augusten Burroughs
Powells.com Staff Pick As with other funny memoirists like Laurie Notaro or David Rakoff, Augusten Burroughs finds humor and absurdity in all sorts of mundane events. The twist is that Burroughs life — particularly his childhood — provides the surreal backdrop to a...
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Thin Is the New Happy
by Valerie Frankel Publisher Comments Like so many women in todaya (TM)s society, Valerie Frankela (TM)s world was dictated by her weight, from starvation and binge eating to her self-loathing and total preoccupation with her weight. Not wanting to pass this legacy on to her own daughters...
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The F.A.S.T. Diet (Families Always Succeed Together): The Dean Family Lost 500 Pounds. Now You Can Lose Weight--And Keep It Off--With Their Simple Pla
by Tony Dean Publisher Comments With a simple, supportive program based on teamwork and accountability, the eight members of the Dean family transformed their health by collectively losing 500 pounds in one year. This empowering story can help others create their own groups to get fit...
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