Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery
By: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
3.54
Format: 256 pages, ebook
The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand--a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent b…
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1. Mortal Arts (Lady Darby Mystery, #2)
By: Anna Lee Huber
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Scotland, 1830. Lady Kiera Darby is no stranger to intrigue—in fact, it seems to follow wherever sh… read more
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2. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
By: John E. Sarno
4.06
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
“Dr. Sarno saved me from a life of pain.” — Howard Stern The New York Times bestseller that has h… read more
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- science
- health
- medical
- medicine
- psychology
- nonfiction
- self help
"There's nothing like a little physical pain to keep your mind off your emotional problems."-John E. Sarno, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
"Acknowledging the important role of the emotions in health and illness, medicine must reexamine its concepts of disease causation."-John E. Sarno, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
"It is perfectly acceptable to have a physical problem in our culture, but people tend to shy away from anything that has to do with the emotions."-John E. Sarno, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
3. Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal
By: Dean Ornish , Rachel Naomi Remen
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Enthusiastically praised by everyone from Deepak Chopra to Daniel Goleman to Larry Dossey, Rachel R… read more
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- health
- medical
- medicine
- psychology
- nonfiction
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"Belief traps or frees us."-Dean Ornish, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal
"Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom."-Dean Ornish, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal
"If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us."-Dean Ornish, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal
"Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science."-Dean Ornish, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal
4. Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
By: Johann Hari
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
New York TimesBestseller It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned in the United St… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
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5. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
By: Aldo Leopold
4.30
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes"-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
6. The Bird and the Sword (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #1)
By: Amy Harmon
4.50
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Swallow, Daughter, pull them in, those words that sit upon your lips. Lock them deep inside your so… read more
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7. Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery
By: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
3.54
Format: 256 pages, ebook
The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand--a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent b… read more
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8. Desert Solitaire
By: Edward Abbey
4.00
Format: None pages,
When Desert Solitairewas first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude an… read more
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9. Heroes of the Frontier
By: Dave Eggers
3.41
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A captivating, often hilarious novel of family, loss, wilderness, and the curse of a violent Americ… read more
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10. The Weight of Ink
By: Rachel Kadish
4.15
Format: 704 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A gifted writer, astonishingly adept… read more
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"Never underestimate the passion of a lonely mind."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"My grandmother," Ester said, "wished not to trap her love into taking her. She said a heart is a free thing, and once enslaved will mutiny...."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"Then it was only right that she do as her spirit told her, and let the struggle itself answer the question of which was the stronger: her will or her womanly nature."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
"A woman such as I is a rocky cliff against which a man tests himself before retreating to safe pastures. I cannot fault any such man as takes what ease the world offers him."-Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink
11. A Hologram for the King
By: Dave Eggers
3.29
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman… read more
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"It all meant something. Until it didn't."-Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King
"The raising of a child is the building of a cathedral. You can't cut corners."-Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King
"The Earth is an animal that shakes off its fleas when they dig too deep, bite too hard."-Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King
"Americans are born knowing everything and nothing. Born moving forward, quickly, or thinking they are."-Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King
12. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
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13. Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
By: Herman Pontzer
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost researchers in human metabolism reveals surprising new science behind food and … read more
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- science
- nonfiction
- health
"..incompetent people are so annoying: their very incompetence blinds them to how incompetent they are." (or as Darwin said, "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge") - both o…"-Herman Pontzer, Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
14. Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
By: Daniel E. Lieberman
4.18
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging s… read more
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"Eating sensibly and exercising don't guarantee long life and good health; they just decrease the risk of getting sick."-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"The mantra of this book is that nothing about the biology of exercise makes sense except in the light of evolution, and nothing about exercise as a behavior makes sense except in the light of anthrop…"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"We evolved to be physically active as we age, and in turn being active helps us age well. Further, the longer we stay active, the greater the benefit, and it is almost never too late to benefit from …"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"For generation after generation, our ancestors young and old woke up each morning thankful to be alive and with no choice but to spend several hous walking, digging, and doing other physical activiti…"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
15. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
By: Michael Easter
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more
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"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough
16. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
By: James Nestor
4.15
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matt… read more
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17. Good Night, Irene
By: Luis Alberto Urrea
4.14
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, an exhilarating World War II epic that chron… read more
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"The women posed for snapshots. Dozens of snapshots. . . . They imagined that, long after the soldiers had become old, perhaps even after they'd died, someone would come to wonder about these women ho…"-Luis Alberto Urrea, Good Night, Irene
18. Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
By: Margo Jefferson
3.77
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Stunning for her daring originality, the author of Negroland gives us what she calls "a temperament… read more
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19. The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health
By: Ellen J. Langer
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Learn how adjusting your thoughts can change your health—from the “mother of mindfulness” and first… read more
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20. The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain
By: Alan Gordon
4.41
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
A groundbreaking mind-body protocol to heal chronic pain, backed by new research.Chronic pain is an… read more
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"The truth about resilience is that it's a learned behavior. If you gravitate toward hopelessness, it's not because you're hopeless, but because your brain has done it so many times before. If your mi…"-Alan Gordon, The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain
21. Back Mechanic
By: Stuart McGill
4.51
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
In an age where a seemingly endless amount of gimmicky back products are in circulation, a definiti… read more
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