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(0)David Kessler
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David Kessler, one of the most renowned experts on death and grief, takes on three uniquely shared experiences that challenge our ability to explain and fully understand the mystery of our final days. The first is visions. As the dying lose sight of this world, some people appear to be looking into the world to come. The second shared experience is getting ready for a trip. These trips may seem to us to be all about leaving, but for the dying, they...
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"The American body is plagued by obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. In Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs, the follow up to his bestselling book The End of Overeating, Dr. David A. Kessler explains how we can reduce heart disease, keep weight off, and reduce chronic disease"--
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Why do we think, feel, and act in ways we wished we did not? For decades, New York Times bestselling author Dr. David A Kessler has studied this question with regard to tobacco, food, and drugs. Over the course of these investigations, he identified one underlying mechanism common to a broad range of human suffering. This phenomenon-capture-is the process by which our attention is hijacked and our brains commandeered by forces outside our control.
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English
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Why do we think, feel, and act in ways we wished we did not? For decades, New York Times bestselling author Dr. David A Kessler has studied this question with regard to tobacco, food, and drugs. Over the course of these investigations, he identified one underlying mechanism common to a broad range of human suffering. This phenomenon - capture - is the process by which our attention is hijacked and our brains commandeered by forces outside our control....
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English
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Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food -- when one slice of pizza turns into half a pie, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it's harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eating -- even when we know better. When we want so badly to say "no," why do we continue to reach for food? Dr. David Kessler, the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the food label and tackled the tobacco industry, cracks...
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Argues that the combination of sugars, fats, and salts "hijacks" the human body's eating habits, creating a dangerous cycle of overeating, and promotes healthy eating habits and methods to avoid overeating.
9) Vous pouvez guérir votre coeur: Comment trouver la paix après une rupture, un divorce ou une mort
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Français
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Dans Vous pouvez guérir votre coeur, la sommité en matière de pouvoir personnel, Louise Hay, et le célèbre spécialiste du chagrin et du deuil, David Kessler, ont entrepris une conversation sur la capacité de guérir après une perte. Louise et David discutent des émotions et des pensées qui surgissent en vous quand vous avez le coeur brisé après une rupture, quand un mariage se termine par un divorce ou quand un être cher meurt. Ils vont...
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English
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Ten years after Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's death: the beloved classic now with a new introduction and updated resources section. Is this really how I want to live my life? Each one of us at some point asks this question. The tragedy is not that life is short, but that we often see only in hindsight what really matters. In what was her first book on life and living, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross joined with David Kessler to guide listeners through the practical...
13) Minamata
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English
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Three-time Academy Award® nominee Johnny Depp plays celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith in a real life David vs Goliath story, pitting Smith against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata, Japan in 1971.
14) Minamata
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Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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About a celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith in a real life David vs Goliath story, pitting Smith against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata, Japan in 1971. With the glory days of World War II far behind him, Smith has become a recluse. Between an impassioned Japanese translator called Aileen urging him to go and a much-needed commission from "Life" Magazine editor Ralph Graves, Smith is finally convinced...