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Amazon River Region Description and travel Bolivia Description and travel Bulimia Patients United States Biography Ghinsberg, Yossi Travel Bolivia National parks and reserves Bolivia National parks and reserves Peru Natural history Bolivia Natural history Peru Parque Nacional Madidi (Bolivia) Wilderness survival BoliviaCollins, Judy
Summary: "A no-holds-barred account of music legend Judy Collin's harrowing struggle with compulsive overeating and of the journey that led her to a solution"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese, Double Day 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HORNBACHER, MARYA HORMelton, Glennon Doyle
Summary: A New York Times essayist shares her journey from a self-destructive college student to a devoted family woman and teacher while illuminating the importance of trusting in a higher power and being truthful about life's challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2013
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Summary: This work deals with understanding and overcoming the binge-purge syndrome. This guidebook offers a complete understanding of bulimia and a plan for recovery, with practical self-help tools, answers to frequently asked questions, a two-week program to stop bingeing, specific advice for loved ones, and "Eat Without Fear," the author's story of self cure which has inspired thousands of other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gurze Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8526 HALLarson, Theresa
Summary: In this inspiring memoir, a former female Marine platoon leader recalls the wars she has fought—on the playing field, the battlefield, and inside her own soul—revealing how overcoming the harrowing circumstances in her life helped her ultimately redefine what it means to be strong and what “perfect” really is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LARSON, THERESA LARSummary: This honest collection directly confronts stereotypes and misconceptions about what eating disorders look like and who they impact. Tapping into sources of expert knowledge throughout, the accounts showcase how you can begin to understand your own journey of body acceptance and recovery and support those struggling in silence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 EATGhinsberg, Yossi.
Summary: "What begins as a dream adventure for four amicable--if hastily met--mochileros (backpackers) quickly becomes a struggle for survival as they unravel under the duress of the jungle. They are an odd mix, to be sure: Marcus, the Swiss mystic; Karl, the shady Austrian geologist; Kevin, the well-intentioned American photographer; and Yossi, the Israeli adventurer"--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boomerang New Media 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.412 GHISummary: The story of 14 year-old Basilio Vargas and his 12 year-old brother Bernardino as they work in the sixteenth century Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico (Potosí). Cerro Rico miners believe that Satan, as represented by hundreds of statues constructed in the mines, determines whether they live or die there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run/Icarus Films [distributor] 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVWeiss, Mitch.
Summary: Based on government documents and eyewitness testimony, describes the U.S. Special Forces mission that led to the capture and execution of violent revolutionary leader Che Guevera.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Caliber 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 980.035 WEIColeman, Laura
Summary: Presents the story of the author's journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COLEMAN, LAURA COLMacQuarrie, Kim.
Summary: Where the Andes Meet the Amazon" is a lavishly-illustrated, coffee-table style book that portrays some of the biological, ethnographic, and historical diversity of one of the largest protected rainforest areas in the world: the fabulously rich wilderness areas of Bahuaja-Sonene and Madidi National Parks. This handsome, 336-page book is illustrated with 336 color photographs from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jordi Blassi 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 980 MACGhinsberg, Yossi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pier Press 1993