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Movie and television tie-insHealth and medicine, Nutrition
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An exposé of the fast-food industry, revealing its dubious production techniques, marketing strategies, and exploitation of workers. Deplores the industry's…
indifference to health problems it has fostered (obesity, food-borne disease) and criticizes its role in the spread of global corporate culture. Suggests solutions to the "McDonaldization of America." Bestseller. 2001.
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Movie and television tie-insHealth and medicine, Psychology
Human-narrated audio
This practical guide to assertiveness was written to accompany the BBC television series "Tomorrow the World". You can discover how…
assertive you are; how to build up self esteem; how to identify your feelings, needs and rights as well as those of others and how to say NO and feel good about it! 1991.
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Movie and television tie-insHealth and medicine, Addiction and substance abuse
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Memoir by a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, whose parents checked him into a Minnesota rehabilitation clinic as a last-step…
measure when he was twenty-three. Discusses his experiences there, including treatment methods he accepted and rejected to regain sobriety. This recording includes the publisher's and author's notes issued in response to the controversy over the accuracy of the book. Strong language. Bestseller. 2005.
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Movie and television tie-insBestsellers (Non-fiction), Health and medicine, Medicine
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In his previous books, Dr. Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Now he examines…
its ultimate limitations and failures - in his own practices as well as others’ - as human lives draw to a close. And he discovers how we can do better. He follows a hospice nurse on her rounds, a geriatrician in his clinic, and reformers turning nursing homes upside down. He finds people who show us how to have the hard conversations and how to ensure we never sacrifice what people really care about. The subject of a PBS documentary. Bestseller. 2014.
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Movie and television tie-insGeneral non-fiction, Health and medicine, Nutrition
Automated braille
A journalist explores the homogenization of American culture and the impact of the fast food industry on modern-day health, economy, politics, popular culture, entertainment, and food production. Bestseller. 2001.
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Movie and television tie-insBestsellers (Non-fiction), Health and medicine, Addiction and substance abuse
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Before meth, Sheff's son, Nic, was a varsity athlete, honour student, and award-winning journalist. After meth, he was a trembling…
wraith who stole money from his eight-year-old brother and lived on the streets. Sheff traces the first warning signs, the attempts at rehabilitation, and, at last, the way past addiction. He shows us that, whatever an addict's fate, the rest of the family must care for one another, too, lest they become addicted to addiction. Bestseller. 2008, c2007.
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Movie and television tie-insBiography, Science and medicine biography, Health and medicine
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Wurtzel claims to speak for herself and for a young generation facing major societal problems. A former popular-music critic for…
the New Yorker, she details her life with depression, from a despairing pre-adolescence through suicide attempts after college. Prozac has helped her, but she worries that its trendy reputation may minimize the seriousness of depression.
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Movie and television tie-insHealth and medicine
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Grover and Elmo teach toddlers and their parents all about getting a good night's sleep. In the guise of the…
Sleepytime Monster, Grover appears in Elmo's dream, and the two then "visit" all over Sesame Street, hoping to sprinkle Sleepy Dust to help their friends fall asleep. But, alas, no one is ready for bed! Meanwhile, Grover dispenses Sleep Facts and Tips, gently telling readers why it's important to get enough sleep and how to make bedtime easy and pleasant. And since bedtime is such an important and often difficult time for parents and children, this book will help! Funny illustrations and text make learning about how to be healthy both easy and fun.
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Movie and television tie-insHealth and medicine
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The hit television show Touched By An Angel offers more than entertainment -- it also offers encouragement. Each week Monica,…
Tess, and Andrew meet people who, like most of us, hunger for purpose, strength, and inspiration. Now the show's warmth and wisdom are available in this treasury of stories, In the Words of Angels. Each thought-provoking, life-affirming story in this volume is based directly on an episode of the show, many of which were written by acclaimed Executive Producer Martha Williamson. Tackling the most difficult topics of our times, the stories are alternately heartbreaking and heartwarming. Like the beloved television show, In the Words of Angels proves the power of words can change lives forever.
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Humourous fiction, Movie and television tie-insHealth and medicine
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Doc always keeps track of her patients' boo-boos and ouchies in her Big Book of Boo-Boos — and now you…
can, too! This adorable book looks just like Doc's Big Book of Boo-Boos, and is jam-packed full of Doc McStuffins fun including an original story featuring Doc and the gang!