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My Kid is Back  by June Alexander and Daniel Le Grange
Early intervention with family-based treatment can greatly reduce the severity of anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents. The best outcome is for those whose illness is intervened within six months. Ten families are the book’s voice, and they lift the lid on what living with anorexia is really like. Parents describe their frustrations in seeking help for their child and sufferers describe this illness that slips into the brain and becomes part of one’s self. The families believe prompt recognition and intervention with family-based treatment greatly enhances recovery.

Paperback,  320 pp,  $32.99. Buy now

Memory Lessons  by Jerald Winakur
Jerry Winakur has been a medical doctor for over thirty years‚ with a specialty in gerontology. But all his years of service helping patients and their families adjust to the challenges of aging did not prepare him for becoming father to his own father. Part memoir‚ part manifesto‚ Memory Lessons is a narrative exploration on what it’s like to be medical counselor to countless patients‚ and it is also Dr. Winakur’s personal story‚ focusing on his father’s decline due to old age and Alzheimer’s. In both of his roles – highly skilled professional and loving son – he is hard pressed to alter a course that devastates his dad and his family.

,  256 pp,  $36.99. Buy now

What Was I Thinking?  by Barbara Davilman and Liz Dubelman
‘What Was I Thinking?’ is a collection of first-person essays describing the moment in a relationship when, no matter how much you think it should work, or want it to work, or need it to work, you get that it’s not going to work. Maybe you overheard your date say exactly the wrong thing about you. Maybe you realised that it’s just impossible to be with a guy who orders a “creche” of wine instead of a carafe of wine, because “Hey, baby. I’m a writer. I play with words.”

Paperback,  192 pp,  $35.00. Buy now

Hi, I’m Bill and I’m Old  by William Alexander
One July evening‚ William Alexander‚ an author and highly regarded lecturer on spirituality and recovery‚ had an all-too-real fantasy about getting drunk again. He had been sober for 23 years‚ so why was he suddenly craving the feeling of freedom that only a quart of Jack Daniel’s used to bring? Alexander’s psyche was facing something it hadn’t faced before: he was growing old. Thus‚ he was returning to old ways of coping with something uncomfortable that he didn’t want to deal with. Out of the author’s personal reflections and hard-won insights emerges an unconventional approach to the challenges of recovery that come with aging.

Paperback,  240 pp,  $20.95. Buy now

Healing  by Jena Pincott
It is important for people who have experienced a major emotional or physical setback to know that they are not alone–many others have experienced such hardship and survived. This beautiful book offers advice and personal experiences from more than 300 celebrities, leaders, Nobel prize winners, and entrepreneurs, including Robert DeNiro, Rudy Giuliani, Liz Taylor, and Winston Churchill

Paperback,  241 pp,  $20.95. Buy now

Fighting Weight  by Khaliah Ali and George Fielding
When Muhammad Ali’s daughter Khaliah hit 325 pounds, she didn’t need to be told again that she was morbidly obese. A lifetime of dieting, of starving, had not helped. Miserable, depressed, and unable to walk up a flight of stairs without losing her breath, she did not know which way to turn – until a friend pointed her toward a new type of surgery called gastric banding. Khaliah wraps her story of weight loss in this memoir of what it was like to grow up the daughter of one of the world’s most famous men, and teams up with her surgeons at the New York University Medical Center to detail the lifetime of misery suffered by an obese girl; the ins and outs of the banding operation; and her joy at finding a solution.

,  256 pp,  $32.95. Buy now

Finding Your Inner Mama  by Eden Steinberg
Motherhood can be one of the most intense and transformative experiences of a woman’s life. While there are many books that offer the do’s and don’ts of effective parenting, few offer guidance on navigating the tumultuous inner experience of being a mother, with all its joy, pain, change, and uncertainty. This collection of writing by psychologists, poets, novelists, spiritual teachers, and everyday moms explores the rich, transformative journey of motherhood. Poet and novelist Louise Erdrich captures the sheer wonder and awe of early motherhood. Self-described hip momma Ariel Gore reflects on the challenges of dealing with her daughter’s adolescent rebellion. Journalist Joan Peters highlights the rise of the Power Mom and the risks of over

Paperback,  272 pp,  $19.95. Buy now

The Yoga Master  by Kofi Busia
In fifty essays, stories, and interviews, well-known contributors from the international yoga world celebrate the work of yoga pioneer B K S Iyengar. A revered Indian yoga master, Iyengar has been the single most influential person in spreading the practice of yoga throughout the world. B K S Iyengar was recognized in TIME magazine’s 2004 list of the 100 most powerful and influential people on the planet. Compiled and introduced by Kofi Busia, one of the most dedicated and internationally renowned of Iyengar’s students, the contributions represent an internationally diverse group of Iyengar yoga teachers as well as several celebrities who have been deeply touched by Iyengar’s teachings. This is the only book on the life and work of Iyengar,

Paperback,  384 pp,  $32.95. Buy now

SEX LIVES OF WIVES, TRUE CONFESSIONS AND PROVOCATIVE ADVICE  by Holly Hollenbeck
Surveying thousands and interviewing hundreds of married women about their sex lives, the author shares the amazingly creative (and sometimes destructive) lengths to which wives will go to reconnect with their missing passions. Describing the personal journeys these women have been through, she reveals the lessons and wisdom they have learned

Paperback,  256 pp,  $29.95. Buy now

The Autism Sourcebook, Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and Healing – from a Mother Whose Child Recovered  by Karen Siff Exkorn
Practical advice and information from the world’s foremost experts on autism — and a mother’s own hard-won lessons from helping her son recover from the disorder When Karen Siff Exkorn’s son, Jake, was diagnosed with autism, she struggled to pull together comprehensive information about the disorder. Fortunately, she was able to educate herself quickly, and her extensive at-home treatment of her son led to his amazing full recovery. But the journey wasn’t easy, and now, in The Autism Sourcebook, Siff Exkorn offers parents the wisdom she wishes she’d had at the beginning. Recent studies show that there is a worldwide epidemic of autism. More than 1.5 million people are affected in the United States alone, with one in every 166 children di

Paperback,  416 pp,  $25.95. Buy now

Anything I Can Do… You Can Do Better  by Tessa Souter
Part inspirational memoir, part secrets-divulging interviews with celebrities and others who have successfully pursued their dreams, this book will show how Tessa Souter took herself from teenage mother to become a successful artist. This memoir also provides strategies and advice to tackle the numerous problems in life and how to survive

Paperback,  208 pp,  $31.95. Buy now

How to Be Like Walt  by Pat Williams
Draws on more than 1,000 interviews to present an inspirational portrait of the founder of the Walt Disney company, relating how his character strengths of imagination, perseverance, and optimism enabled him to pursue his dreams and achieve success and happiness. Original. 100,000 first printing

Hardback,  384 pp,  $19.95. Buy now

From the Hearts of Men  by Yevrah Ornstein
In a collection of essays, poems, letters, and interviews, men share their thoughts on what it means to be a man in today’s America, reflecting on rites of passage, sports, sex, marriage, fatherhood, and divorce

Paperback,  115 pp,  $31.95. Buy now

Notorious H.I.V., The Media Spectacle of Nushawn Williams  by Thomas C. Shevory
Notorious H.I.V. also traces the impact of such high-profile cases on communities. Shevory provides a nuanced portrait of the hard economic and cultural realities of Jamestown, New York, and, drawing on Williams’s narratives, of the life of a lower-level drug dealer in a small upstate city

Paperback,  280 pp,  $40.95. Buy now

Keeping the Faith  by Tavis Smiley
An inspirational compilation of one hundred original personal narratives, drawn from the lives of ordinary African Americans, shares messages of hope, spirit, inner strength, courage, passion, conviction, and determination, in reminiscences, anecdotes, testimonies, and stories by African Americans from all walks of life. Reprint. 50,000 first print

Paperback,   $18.95. Buy now

The Nature Doctor  by H.C.Alfred Vogel
Dr Vogel came from a Swiss family where the secrets of herbalism were known and practised. From early childhood he was eager to learn about the healing powers of plants. “The Nature Doctor” has become a recognised publication even amongst medical doctors and scientists

Paperback,  677 pp,  $35.00. Buy now

Iris and Her Friends, A Memoir of Memory and Desire  by John Bayley
The last month or so of the life of novelist Iris Murdoch, the wife of the author, provides the framework for this biography. Within this structure the author enters into extensive memories of the past

Paperback,  288 pp,  $19.95. Buy now

I Remain in Darkness  by Annie Ernaux
A HEART-WRENCHING MEMOIR OF A MOTHER’S DESCENT INTO ILLNESS One of the most acclaimed works of the year Washington Post Expert Pick for Best Memoir of 1999 In the summer of 1983, Annie Ernaux’s mother fell ill. She had stopped eating and drinking for several days and could no longer take care of herself. Annie’s hopes that taking her mother into her home would improve her health, and return her to the dynamic and independent woman she once was, were sadly dashed when her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. Available in paperback for the first time, this collection of relentlessly honest journal entries traces the descent of Ernaux’s mother into the depths of the disease and reveals the author’s own complex feelings of guilt and r

Paperback,  96 pp,  $16.95. Buy now

Hannah’s Heirs  by Daniel A. Pollen
In ‘Hannah’s Heirs’, Dr Pollen tells the story of Hannah’s family and their monumental contributions to the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.

Paperback,  326 pp,  $47.95. Buy now

Search for Meaning  by Phillip L. Berman
A Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, a Wall Street broker, a survivor of Auschwitz, college students, scientists, and others are only a few of the individuals interviewed for this this oral history of the varied faiths. Reprint

Paperback,  115 pp,  $39.95. Buy now

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