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Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2025]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A father of three with a stressful job, Tyler Moore felt his life resembled an overstuffed closet: disorganized and overly busy behind the tidy, closed doors. When it all became too much-for their 750-square-foot apartment and his nerves-he set out to unpack the physical and emotional mess around him. Chronicling his progress as "Tidy Dad" on Instagram, he learned that tidying is about so much more than the aesthetics and decluttering of a physical...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Formats
Description
This book presents integrative treatment strategies for low mood and depression; offers advice on lifestyle, behavior, and dietary changes; and helps readers assess their own emotional wellness and build personalized plans to manage their moods.
Author
Series
Just beyond volume 5
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
GN 500L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Family camping trips are supposed to be fun, but for Parker, Annie, and the Walden family, they're an absolute nightmare! After a creepy, unidentified bird attacks their mom in the forest, Parker and Annie find themselves face to face with two strange creatures that suddenly enter the kids' brains and take control of their bodies. Can Parker and Annie break loose of this horrific mind control and convince their family of what's happening, or will...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Suzuki interweaves her personal story with groundbreaking research in the neurosciences, and offers practical, short exercises--4 minute Brain Hacks--to engage your mind and improve your memory, your ability to learn new skills, and function more efficiently.
Author
Language
English
Description
If you caught a glimpse of heaven, would you choose to come back to life' Investigative journalist Judy Bachrach has collected accounts of the post-postmortem, and the conclusions are astonishing. Clinical death-- 'the moment when the heart stops beating and brain stem activity ceases'-- is not as straightforward as it may seem. Hundreds of thousands of post-death experiences have been documented, and for many who have died and returned, life is forever...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press/Lifelong Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Have you ever driven several miles without noticing anything on the road, or read a page in a book without registering any of it? Do the day's worries and disappointments crowd your mind as you're trying to fall asleep at night? Do you feel stressed much of the time and aren't sure how to find peace? In this book, Amit Sood, M.D., M.Sc., a Mayo Clinic specialist in stress and resiliency, reveals how the mind's instinctive restlessness and shortsightedness...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1959
Physical Desc
167 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell was a notable 20th century British philosopher, mathematician, historian, social critic, and political activist. Considered one of the founders of analytical philosophy, Russell was an iconoclast who helped lead the revolt against British idealism, a prominent philosophy in England at the end of the 19th century. First written in 1912, Bertrand Russell's "The Problems of Philosophy" was an attempt by the author to create...
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
66 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Wound from the Mouth of the Wound was selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil as the winner of the 2020 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry" --
"Some girls are not made," torrin a. greathouse writes, "but spring from the dirt." Guided by a devastatingly precise hand, Wound from the Mouth of a Wound--selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil as the winner of the 2020 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry--challenges a canon that decides what shades of beauty deserve to live...
11) The ravenous brain: how the new science of consciousness explains our insatiable search for meaning
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xviii, 326 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A brash young neuroscientist presents his solution to biology's toughest question: what is consciousness?
Author
Publisher
Ramsey Press, The Lampo Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"No one needs to be told that our lives are filled with more anxiety than ever before. We know it. Our bodies can feel it. The questions we really need to answer "Why?" and "Is there anything we can do about it?" Dr. John Delony decided to get to the root of the issue by mapping out a plan to understand where our anxiety is coming from and the actions we can take to change it (because he's been there too). Over the past twenty years, he's learned...
Author
Publisher
BakerBooks, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
282 pages -- ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"While growing older is inevitable, many of the troubles we associate with aging--including dementia, disability, and an increased dependence on others--are not. The choices we make now can help us to maintain a sharp mind, our vitality, and our independence as we age. Filled with simple, everyday actions we can take to avoid disease, promote vitality, and prevent dementia and late onset Alzheimer's, The Aging Brain is an easy-to-use guide to maintaining...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 265 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The human body was honed under conditions that no longer exist. The modern world has changed dramatically since our days as hunter gatherers, and it has caused widespread anxiety, stress, and disease, leaving our brains in despair. But science proves that the body and brain can be healed with the intervention of lifestyle protocols that help us to regain our cognitive birthright. In The Genius Life, Lugavere expands the Genius Foods plan, which focused...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
ix, 224 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The philosophy of mind is unique among contemporary philosophical subjects", writes John Searle, "in that all of the most famous and influential theories are false". One of the world's most eminent thinkers, Searle dismantles these theories as he presents a vividly written, comprehensive introduction to the mind. He begins with a look at the twelve problems of philosophy of mind - which he calls "Descartes and Other Disasters"--Problems which he...
Author
Pub. Date
1984
Edition
University of Chicago Press ed.
Physical Desc
vi, 7-334 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 book by the philosopher Gilbert Ryle, in which the author argues that "mind" is "a philosophical illusion hailing chiefly from René Descartes and sustained by logical errors and 'category mistakes' which have become habitual." The work has been cited as having "put the final nail in the coffin of Cartesian dualism" and has been seen as a founding document in the philosophy of mind, which received professional recognition...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 300 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rigorous, skeptical, deeply reported look at the new science behind the mind's extraordinary ability to heal the body Have you ever felt a surge of adrenaline after narrowly avoiding an accident? Salivated at the sight (or thought) of a sour lemon? Felt turned on just from hearing your partner's voice? If so, then you've experienced how dramatically the workings of your mind can affect your body. Yet while we accept that stress or anxiety can damage...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
184 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Learn how to feed your body and your mind with the soothing craft of baking bread"--
When life gets challenging, simple pleasures and timeless traditions can help us manage. Beaumont guides you through the art of breadmaking, with insight into the benefits of this ancient craft. She explore breadmaking as a way of making positive changes to our mental and physical well-being. The result is a delightful meditation on the intrinsic power of baking...
20) Metamorphoses
Author
Lexile measure
1180L
Language
English
Description
Perhaps one of the most influential works of mythology ever written, "The Metamorphoses" is an epic and narrative poem by Roman author Ovid. Finished in 8 A.D., this work, organized into fifteen books, combines a stunning arrangement of mythological tales that are masterfully connected by a theme of transformation, most often through love. Beginning with the world's creation, the poet utilizes unparalleled wit to describe the history of the world,...