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Released: Aug. 28, 2012
"A valuable guide with useful tips for every parent."
A psychologist explains how cognitive behavioral therapy offers simple tools to assist parents in dealing with their children's anxieties.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2012
"A traumatic tale surprisingly liberated by laughter."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2012
"The author provides plenty of interesting material, but sometimes it's laid on a little too thick. Readers will understand very quickly that pot should be legal and that it's not the scourge that square politicos have made it out to be."
Everybody must get…well, hip to the history of hemp and all the hobgoblins that made it heinous.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"An unflinching portrait of the scourge of mental illness."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2012
"Mattlin's life is inspiring, but his attempt at an unsentimental memoir falls short of the mark."
Born with a severe neuromuscular condition, writer and NPR commentator Mattlin pens the story of his life so far.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2012
"Roffman's cleareyed text and non-clinical delivery makes the slippery slope of sex education less daunting."
An informative, helpful guide for parents contemplating how to talk to their children about the birds and the bees.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 23, 2012
"Surprisingly fun reading about a fascinating malady."
From a husband-and-wife team, a literate look at the history of one of humankind's oldest and most frightening scourges.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"Before returning to graduate school Lockman worked as a magazine journalist, a skill she puts to good use in this insider's look at the practice of psychiatry in a poorly funded, understaffed public institution."
The challenges facing a psychotherapist during a yearlong internship in a New York City public hospital.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"An impassioned plea for understanding and a good layman's guide to the current state of the AIDS crisis."
The legendary entertainer shares the story of how he created the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which works to fund initiatives for prevention, outreach and treatment.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 10, 2012
"A realistic and poignant compilation of the intricacies of relationships."
Strayed (
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, 2012, etc.) offers insight into the world of online advice through her collection of letters sent to "Dear Sugar," her once-anonymous column for the online magazine
The Rumpus.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 10, 2012
"An exquisite--and often exquisitely depressing--patchwork of joy and pain."
Captivating samplings of one doctor's tour of duty inside the country's oldest and perhaps most illustrious public hospital.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 3, 2012
"A true treasure-trove of insight laced with humor and polished prose."
