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Par Jackson Galaxy. 2012
Cat behaviorist and star of TV's My Cat from Hell recounts working at an animal shelter and adopting injured feline…
Benny, who changed his life. Describes giving up drugs and overeating while honing his methods and techniques on prickly, beloved Benny for thirteen years. Strong language. 2012Par Candia McWilliam. 2012
Memoir of Scottish novelist McWilliam, who became functionally blind in 2006 because of the involuntary closing of her eyelids from…
a condition known as blepharospasm. McWilliam reviews her life, describes undergoing a two-part operation to restore her vision, and explores a possible psychological basis for her sightlessness. Strong language. 2010Par Karen Armstrong. 2010
Author who spearheaded the Charter for Compassion, composed by representatives from six faiths in 2009, asserts that compassion is at…
the heart of all major religions and encourages people to practice this virtue. Describes twelve steps to follow to live by the Golden Rule. 2010Par Meredith Baxter. 2011
Actress known for roles in television's Bridget Loves Bernie, Family, and Family Ties recounts her career and often painful past,…
including raising five children with costar and abusive husband David Birney. Describes her late-in-life realization that she was gay and subsequent coming out. Some strong language. 2011Par Brad Lamm. 2010
Board-certified interventionist maintains that it is possible to help a loved one change destructive behavior by following this four-step plan.…
Provides case studies, personal experience, and concrete discussion points to illustrate using the method with people who have drug, alcohol, food, shopping, Internet, and other addictions. 2009Par Susan R. Barry. 2010
Neuroscientist explains that even after childhood surgery for strabismus, she had no depth perception. Recalls being unaware, despite her scientific…
training, that vision therapy could train her to use both eyes simultaneously. Describes the ocular exercise regimen given her by optometrist Theresa Ruggiero and her emotions upon experiencing stereopsis. 2009Par Nick Schou, Nicholas Schou. 2010
Details the 1960s California drug-dealing group that established its own church, the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, and believed that LSD…
was the way to God. Portrays leader John Griggs, a protégé of Timothy Leary, who smuggled drugs from Mexico, Afghanistan, and Colombia into the United States. Strong language. Bestseller. 2010Par Anonymous, Saa Fellowship Staff. 2008
Describes the spiritual recovery program for sex addiction that is based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Explains each of…
the program's twelve steps and twelve traditions. Includes the personal stories of forty-six recovering addicts. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2005Par Lois Peterson, Taryn Gee. 2021
Part of the Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this book answers the questions young people have about homelessness and…
its causes, effects, possible solutions and what we can all do help.Par Gabor Maté. 2010
Canadian doctor uses anecdotes from his Vancouver practice and clinical work to define and explain addiction. Discusses brain development, the…
role of personality, the social aspects of dependency, and the path to healing. Suggests compassionate treatment of victims and offers advice to families. Some strong language. 2010Par Marilee Strong, Mark Powelson. 2008
Drawing upon her research of the Scott and Laci Peterson case, journalist Strong explores more than fifty similar murders she…
terms "eraser killings." Describes well-planned intimate-partner homicides that employed soft-kill methods and left no evidence to link the murderer to his victim. Some violence and some strong language. 2008Par Kate Brennan. 2008
Writing from a secret location, the author describes being stalked by her wealthy former lover Paul, who has pursued her…
for more than thirteen years. Details repeated moves and identity changes to escape Paul's harassment, which includes threatening calls, notes, and break-ins. Some strong language. 2008Par Geneen Roth. 2010
The author explains her philosophy that our relationship to food is inseparable from our core beliefs about being alive. Discusses…
ways to move beyond food and become spiritually in tune with the soul, a process that she contends will lead to natural weight loss. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2010Par Anonymous. 2009
The anonymous author, who had a relative with the illness, discusses the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and its possible progression…
to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Answers common questions, describes emotional effects, provides medical information, and lists resources. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2009Par Frank Owen. 2008
Journalist examines the culture surrounding the manufacture, use, and trade of methamphetamine. Recounts interviews with addicts, "cooks," and dealers. Discusses…
the drug's origins and history--including military applications during World War II--and describes political and law-enforcement efforts to stop substance abuse. Some strong language. 2007Par Jeffrey S Heier, Jeffrey Heier. 2010
A retina specialist answers questions about the causes, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of age-related wet and dry macular degeneration.…
Includes patient commentary and discusses the future possibilities of research trials. 2010Par Silvia Vasquez-Lavado. 2022
"In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a…
time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us."—Elizabeth Gilbert This audiobook is read by the author. "Complex and compelling, Vasquez-Lavado's quest to heal herself from the deep wounds of patriarchy is also a vibrantly feminist celebration of female resilience."— Kirkus Reviews "Making history is nothing new for adventurous mountaineer, explorer, entrepreneur, author, and activist Silvia Vasquez-Lavado."— Out Magazine Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the climb Silvia Vasquez-Lavado braves in her page-turning, pulse-raising memoir following her journey to Mount Everest. A Latina hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. Deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she'd suffered as a child, she started climbing. Something about the brute force required for the ascent—the risk and spirit and sheer size of the mountains and death's close proximity—woke her up. She then took her biggest pain as a survivor to the biggest mountain: Everest. "The Mother of the World," as it's known in Nepal, allows few to reach her summit, but Silvia didn't go alone. She gathered a group of young female survivors and led them to base camp alongside her. It was never easy. At times hair-raising, nerve-racking, and always challenging, Silvia remembers the acute anxiety of leading a group of novice climbers to Everest's base, all the while coping with her own nerves of summiting. But, there were also moments of peace, joy, and healing with the strength of her fellow survivors and community propelling her forward. In the Shadow of the Mountain is a remarkable story of heroism, one which awakens in all of us a lust for adventure, an appetite for risk, and faith in our own resilience. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and CompanyTexans who spent their youth in an institution for "dependent and neglected" children reveal both the positive outcomes and the…
horrific abuses that resulted when a government-run "home" was allowed to operate for decades without any public oversightPar Kambri Crews. 2012
In this memoir, a daughter looks back on her unconventional childhood with deaf parents in rural Texas while trying to…
reconcile it to her present life, one in which her father is serving a twenty-year sentence in a maximum security prison. As a child, she wished that she had been born deaf so that she, too, could fully belong to the tight-knit deaf community that embraced her parents. Some violence and strong languagePar Dave Pelzer, David J Pelzer. 1995
"El niño sin nombre" es el relato de uno de los casos de abuso infantil mas extremos en la historia…
de California. Es la historia de Dave Pelzer, quien era golpeado y hambreado salvajemente por su madre emocionalmente desequilibrada y alcoholica. Bestseller