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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"As women grow older, they contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be. In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age. Drawing on her own experience as daughter,...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Second edition
Physical Desc
x, 532 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Menopause Book" incorporates the most cutting-edge research on hormones and hormone therapy; hot flashes; heart disease and stroke; breast cancer in older women; and, the subtle symptoms of ovarian cancer. It also discusses new findings on why it's hard for menopausal women to lose weight; osteoporosis and oestrogen; the interplay between migraines and hormones; panic attacks; and, more
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From Yale-trained, board-certified family physician and women's health expert, a six-week intensive program for treating the hidden and undiagnosed hormone imbalances that lead to disease"--
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Television personality Padma Lakshmi examines "her journey from [a humble family kitchen], led by ferocious and unforgettable women, to the judges' table of Top Chef and beyond. It chronicles the fierce devotion of the remarkable people who shaped her along the way, from her headstrong mother who flouted conservative Indian convention to make a life in New York, to her Brahmin grandfather--a brilliant engineer with an irrepressible sweet tooth--to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1954
Physical Desc
382 p. illus., ports. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Story of My Life," first appeared in installments in "Ladies' Home Journal" in 1902. This book is truly one of the great American autobiographies: an inspiring story of a courageous individual who overcame tremendous odds. Keller writes about many things: her childhood in Alabama; her relationship with her beloved teacher, Anne Sullivan; her attendance at the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf in New York City; and meeting such eminent figures...
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Language
English
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"Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fewer calories. This is the story of a girl whose armor against anxiety becomes artillery against herself as she battles on both sides of a lose-lose war in a struggle with anorexia" --Amazon.com.
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