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A classic case of modern life causing unexpected problems. There's a growing number of people globally, that spend countless hours glued to their computers. Office and home based workers can develop a syndrome known as "mouse hand", which is caused by constantly using computer mice. As someone who has been employed in the digital environment for over a decade, I feel and share peoples pain and discomfort. Using a mouse for long periods of time has...
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This first compendium on Ayurvedic Medicine represents a deep dive into the ancient knowledge of Ayurveda, a traditional medical system with roots dating back 5,000 years in India. Within its pages, principles, diagnostic methods, and therapies are carefully compiled to provide effective treatment for the most prevalent pains.The book begins by painting a comprehensive picture of the holistic worldview underlying Ayurveda. At its core is an in-depth...
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Chemotherapy Treatment: Comforting Gift Book For Patients Coping With CancerThis relaxing book is a quick reference for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer.It includes valuable advice, personal testimonies, wise sayings, prayers for healing and salvation, uplifting Bible scriptures, and tips on applying such ideas. It can be read during chemo or at home.Sometimes, we just don't know what to say to someone undergoing treatment and so,this book...
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One of The Boston Globe's Best Mysteries of 2011
"Guaranteed to appeal to those who have never got over the death of Dorothy L. Sayers." -Financial Times (UK)
Welcome to Edinburgh, 1926. Dandy Gilver, a wealthy and witty aristocrat (and sometimes amateur sleuth) receives a letter from Lollie Balfour, who insists that her husband of five years is having her followed and her mail is being steamed open.
The only way for Dandy to help is by pretending...
5) Overthinking. Learn Self-Treatment Techniques to Face and Overcome Negative Thinking, Stress, Depres
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Tired of letting all your negative thoughts drag you down?Do you get tired of thinking you don't deserve better treatment?You have trouble finding inner calm when you try to sleep each night, right? You shouldn't constantly be in despair and second-guessing yourself. Though dark times are inevitable, they need not last forever.It is crucial to be familiar with the symptoms of these mental health conditions. This book provides guidelines for spotting...
6) The Autism Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and Healing
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Practical advice and information from the world's foremost experts on autism -- and a mother's own hard-won lessons from helping her son recover from the disorder
When Karen Siff Exkorn's son, Jake, was diagnosed with autism, she struggled to pull together comprehensive information about the disorder. Fortunately, she was able to educate herself quickly, and her extensive at-home treatment of her son led to his amazing full recovery. But the journey...
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Caring For A Loved One With Cancer & Chemotherapy Treatment: An Easy Guide for CaregiversAs a caregiver, you help your loved one through chemotherapy.This treatment can be physically and emotionally draining, making it difficult to care for your loved one and yourself.This book will help you effectively and gracefully follow this path.Get this book now.
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"There is a young adult mental health crisis in America. So many twentysomethings are struggling-especially with anxiety, depression, and substance use-yet, as a culture, we are not sure what to think or do about it. Perhaps, it is said, young adults are snowflakes who melt when life turns up the heat. Or maybe, some argue, they're triggered for no reason at all. Yet, even as we trivialize twentysomething struggles, we are quick to pathologize them...
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From a co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series Brown Girls comes an imaginative, soulful debut poetry that collection captures the experiences of being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America. Orphaned as a child, Fatimah Asghar grapples with coming of age and navigating questions of sexuality and race without the guidance of a mother or father. These poems at once bear anguish, joy, vulnerability, and compassion, while also exploring...
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"The Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach is a groundbreaking program in book form, for parents of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders or obsessive compulsive disorder. When children have anxiety disorders they are very afraid, nervous, or worried about typical daily experiences that would not bother most children their age. For some kids with OCD, rather than feeling nervous or worried, they feel "grossed-out" by things or feel the need to make...
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"When a community center opens in town, many embrace it as a space where locals of all ages can gather and create. Others view it as a waste of taxpayer dollars. The director, Darleen Busby-Platt, is no less controversial. Intense and showy, Darleen has huge plans for her new role. But Lucy believes the woman isn't exactly as warm hearted--or qualified--as she seems. That hunch deepens when Darleen and a young employee vanish... and dismembered remains...
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When youre the only Black kid in the honors program or (any program) at your mostly white high school, or one of a handful of Black graduate students in your PhD program, or one of two African American women on the faculty at your Pac-10 employer, its not your gender non-conformity that sets you apart from your peers. In those environments, your Blackness is the first thing people notice about you. Still, there are other ways of being different--and...
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Part high-seas adventure, part examination of the Age of Exploration, this account of Captain James Cook's last voyage in 1776 charts how his overt and covert missions came to a head on the island of Hawaii and left behind a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.
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