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1) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health--and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social...
2) Prediabetes: a complete guide : your lifestyle reset to stop prediabetes and other chronic illnesses
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Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A guide to using a prediabetes diagnosis to reset your health and set long-term goals.
"Prediabetes can be scary, but it's also an opportunity--an opportunity to "reset," improve your health, and get yourself in better shape than ever. Prediabetes: A Complete Guide, Second Edition reveals in detail what actions you can take and empowers you to find the healthy eating and lifestyle changes that work best for you to help you achieve your health goals....
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Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After local fishers noticed a large swarm of fish in an unlikely area in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of divers found the remains of a forest deep beneath the waves. The ancient trees had been undisturbed for more than fifty thousand years before finally being uncovered by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Acclaimed science writer Jennifer Swanson brings readers along with a group of scientists as they work to explore and map the site, collect samples of cypress...
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Chronicles of the Yellowstone Wolves volume 1
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Newly reintroduced along with his pack to Yellowstone National Park, Wolf 8 struggles at first. Small and often bullied by his siblings, he must learn to fend for himself in his new home. Soon enough, though, little 8 grows into one of Yellowstone?s greatest leaders"--
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in American history--how they began and . . . stories of both rescue...
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Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as a direct result of the racism built into schools across the United States. The overarching nonfiction narrative follows author Tiffany Jewell from early elementary school through her time at college, unpacking the history of systemic racism in the American educational system...
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Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In Over the Influence, communication professor and CNN Opinion contributor Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women and girls--from our relationships and our parenting to our physical and mental well-being. Over the Influence is a book about what it means to live in the world social media has wrought--whether you're constantly connected or have deleted your accounts forever. Alaimo shows why you're likely...
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Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The hardship caused by type 2 diabetes is fueled by profit-seeking food manufacturers. And while it is easy to place blame on the food industry, it is also important to understand our own roles in creating these circumstances. You might wonder why, if type 2 diabetes is reversible, it is commonly treated as a lifelong condition. ... In this book, Eric Edmeades and Dr. Rubén Ruiz give you a solid, step-by-step plan that just might reverse the condition...
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Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ghostly encounters, alien abduction, reincarnation, talking to the dead, UFO sightings, inexplicable coincidences, out-of-body and near-death experiences. Are these legitimate phenomena? If not, then how should we go about understanding them? In this fascinating book, Chris French investigates paranormal claims to discover what lurks behind this "weird shit." French provides authoritative evidence-based explanations for a wide range of superficially...
12) Down to business: 51 industry leaders share practical advice on how to become a young entrepreneur
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-olds Fenley Scurlock and Jason Liaw had both started businesses by the time they'd reached middle school. In this groundbreaking book, these young entrepreneurs interview leaders involved with brand-name businesses like MasterClass, Hallmark, IKEA, Parachute, and more. They ask questions every burgeoning exec wants to know: How can I get started? Is college worth it? What skills do I need? How did YOU make it big? In a book that's unlike...
Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This revised guide covers every aspect of prostate cancer: everything from potential causes, diets, and diagnostic tests to curative treatment and innovative means of controlling advanced stages of cancer. As of 2022, an estimated 268,490 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. A high percentage of those will relapse. But the good news is that more men are being cured of this disease than ever before. In a new and completely revised...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Hesiod defined the basic economic problem as one of scarce resources, a view still held by economists today. Diocletian tried to save the Roman Empire with wage and price fixes--a strategy that has not gone entirely out of style. Roger Backhouse takes readers from the ancient world to the frontiers of game theory, mechanism design, and engagements with climate science, presenting an essential history of a discipline that economist Alfred Marshall...
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Many believe that despite its destructive character, war ultimately boosts long-term economic growth. For the United States this view is often supported by appeal to the experience of the Second World War, understood as a triumph of both production and productivity. Alexander Field shows that between 1941 and 1945 manufacturing productivity actually declined, depressed by changes in the output mix and resource shocks from enemy action, including...
16) Can marketing save the planet?: 101 practical ways to use sustainable marketing as a force for good
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Business
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In our fast-moving and consumer-driven world – in which more than 10 million people are Marketers – social and environmental issues are increasingly being moved to the top of boardroom agendas. Each and every company, and therefore every marketer, has a responsibility to learn about the changing landscape in which they operate, and to adapt their skills, creativity and influence accordingly. From the authors of Sustainable Marketing, awarded...
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this non-fiction book for teens, readers are guided through the development of this world-changing technology, exploring how AI has touched every corner of our world, including education, healthcare, work, politics, war, international relations, and even romance. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how artificial intelligence got here, how to make the best use of it, and how we can expect it to transform our lives"--
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Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"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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John Wiley & Sons, inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Suddenly, artificial intelligence is everywhere, including on Wall Street. AI INVESTING FOR DUMMIES initiates you into this new world so you can take advantage of the top AI tools to give yourself an edge in the market--whatever your financial goals"--Back cover.
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Funeral homes―those grand, aging mansions repurposed into spaces for embalming, merchandising, funeral services, and housing for the funeral director and their family―are immediately recognizable features of the American landscape, and yet the history of how these spaces emerged remains largely untold. In Preserved, Dean Lampros uses the history of this uniquely American architectural icon to explore the twentieth century's expanding consumer...
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