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As read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week'Moving, intellectual and unsentimental. I think it will become a classic' Melvyn Bragg'Thoughtful, subtle, elegantly clever and oddly joyous, Every Third Thought is beautiful' Kate Mosse In 1995, at the age of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781549989995Author Anna KeatingFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm)...

"This book is joyful, playful, delicious, and guess what? It will also change your life. I invite you to follow Jessica into the vast green wilderness." - Lena DunhamWellness advocate and podcaster Jessica Murnane is the friend you never knew you had...

Facts and advice to help people understand and prevent osteoporosis There are an estimated 55 million Americans over the age of 50 who have low bone mass. This easy-to-understand guide helps readers assess their risk and find a practical approach to the...

A practical and comprehensive introduction for carers to mental health problems, this accessible guide outlines a range of signs and symptoms of mental health problems that can affect people with intellectual disabilities. The guide explains why mental...

Many new pieces of technology can be beneficial to individuals living with dementia, including both hardware and software. This straightforward guide summarises the current research on this growing topic, and gives practical advice on how available...

The easy way to take charge of your adrenal health Despite their small size, the adrenal glands play an important role in the body, producing numerous hormones that impact our development and growth, affect our ability to deal with stress, and help to...

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV, is dizziness that comes from the inner ear. It affects more than eight million people in the United States alone. The good news is that this condition can be managed at home. Carol A. Foster, an Associate...

With over 3.5 million copies sold, the bestselling guide to understanding and caring for people with dementia is now completely revised and updated!For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work in the field for caregivers of those with dementia...

How can positive psychology approaches help us to understand the process of adjustment to, and living well with dementia?As accounts of positive experiences in dementia are increasingly emerging, this book reviews current evidence and explores how...

Finalist in the Wellness and Wellbeing Category of the Business Book Awards 2023. Everything you need for strengthening and flexing your resilience muscle! Resilience can mean something different to everyone, yet it is increasingly necessary to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844096725Author Gayle MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Findhorn Press LtdPublisher Findhorn Press LtdWeight(grams) 542gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

2020 Foreword Indie Award Honorable Mention in the "Health" CategoryA scientist reveals the groundbreaking evidence linking many major diseases, including cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease, to a common root cause-insulin resistance-and shares an...

In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Nine years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Ten years later, Richard Nixon echoed this pledge by declaring a 'war' on cancer. More than 30 years...

This is the new paperback version of the bestselling hardcover edition that has helped thousands of sufferers turn their health around. Read the couple hundred amazon reviews attached to the now out-of-print hardcover book. You be touched deeply by the...

Geoff Nicholson has been walking his whole life. Wherever he is and wherever he goes in the world, he walks and writes about what he sees and feels. Here he reflects on the nature of walking, why we do it, how it benefits us and, in some cases, how it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904439639Author Beata BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 325Imprint First Stone PublishingPublisher Corpus Publishing Limited

The care paradigm for people with HIV has shifted from managing progressive illness with a poor prognosis to managing a chronic condition. Despite this improvement, people living with HIV continue to experience considerable stresses, so promoting their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732177000Author Shala NicelyFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Nicely Done, LLCPublisher Nicely Done, LLC

Written in a highly-accessible question and answer format, this comprehensive and compassionate guide draws on the latest research, a broad range of expert opinion, numerous real-life voices and personal experiences from people with bipolar. With a list...

Discover how to tap into the present moment, shift out of anxiety and gain a sense of deep inner peace by understanding the brain's two hemispheres.At age 37, Harvard neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a massive left-hemisphere stroke that took...

"When I was in pharmacy school, I discovered that food has a profound impact on our healing and that what we put in our bodies will either heal us or make us sicker. In the same way that we use pharmaceuticals to impact our biology, we can use food as...

This new edited volume seeks to meet the growing need for ways to support people with dementia across the whole course and trajectory of dementia care, with a wide scope of expertise.The book addresses how practitioners and carers can apply psychosocial...

On paper, things looked good for Mark Rice-Oxley: wife, children, fulfilling job. But then, at his 40th birthday party, his whole world crumbled as he succumbed to depression...How many men do you know who have been through periods when their lives...

At age thirty-five, Cami Walker was burdened by an intensified struggle with multiple sclerosis, a chronic neurological disease that left her debilitated and depressed. Then she received an uncommon prescription" from South African healer Mbali Creazzo:...

Chemotherapy saves lives, but new studies,including research led by coauthor Dr. Dan Silverman,reveal that the agents used to kill cancer cells may also impair normal brain function. Even years after treatment people have reported problems with memory,...

This compassionate guide presents an array of new perspectives on the emotional effects of breast cancer and includes many personal testimonies from women who have been diagnosed with this disease. Written by a breast cancer survivor and practising...

'Frances Stonor Saunders is one of those writers you read no matter what she writes. She is that good... This is family history at its best... the words fizz off the page and flutter in the mind' Sunday TimesTen years ago, Frances Stonor Saunders was...

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year Award'Extraordinary' Daily Telegraph'Breathtaking' Guardian Skybound by Rebecca Loncraine is a book for anyone who has looked up and longed to take flight. The day she flew in a glider for...

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, and one of the most feared diagnoses a patient can face. The number of new cases is expected to rise by 70% over the next two decades, but few of us understand what it is, how it affects the body or what can...

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'The authors of this absorbing book have a strong command of detail, context and narrative structure... the results are impressively claustrophobic.' - Times Literary Supplement'Gripping... The authors skillfully capture the fear and claustrophobia. A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732264205Author Terri Night PtFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Terrific BooksPublisher Terrific BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452295728Author David Servan-SchreiberFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 213mm...

Borderline personality disorder accounts for almost 25 percent of psychiatric hospitalizations in this country. Lost in the Mirror takes readers behind the erratic behavior of this puzzling disorder, examining its underlying causes and revealing the...

How do we find calm in our frantic modern world? Tim Parks - lifelong sceptic of all things spiritual - finds himself on a Buddhist meditation retreat trying to answer this very question. With brutal honesty and dry wit, he recounts his journey from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780920470565Author Rudolf BreussFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Alive BooksPublisher Book Publishing Company

The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, but even as governments around the world strive to put it behind us, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646110384Author Karissa LongFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 191mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781402229435Author Cheryl GarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Cumberland House Publishing,USPublisher Sourcebooks, IncWeight(grams)...