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  The Success Habits of Weight...

  Colleen M. Cook

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  Since its first publication The Success Habits of Weight loss Surgery Patients has become a bariatric best seller. The research based principles taught here continue year after year to be a standard for success throughout the bariatric community.The Success Habits Principles are now taught in hundreds of bariatric programs all over the world and are recommended by many Bariatric Centers of Excellence, surgeons and bariatric health professionals. They provide structure, clarity and simplicity for weight loss surgery patients as they reach and maintain a healthy weight. 
  You will find in this edition stories from the lives of Gastric Bypass, Laparoscopic Band, Duodenal Switch, & Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy weight-loss surgery patients. Each one has found success through the surgical treatment of their choice and by making the Success Habits an integral part of their lives. These are not just one year winners but long term losers! Five, ten, fifteen and nearly thirty years post-op. They are well, healthy and grateful for their decision to have weight loss surgery and for the structure and accountability that the Success Habits principles provide.Whether you are investigating weight loss surgery, a new patient, a veteran, a struggling weight loss surgery patient, or a bariatric professional you will find this book both educational and motivational.

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  Aequanimitas and Other Addresses

  Sir William Osler

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  This book is a compilation of twenty-two addresses given by Sir William Osler in various settings. He spoke on the philosophical and moral foundations of medical science, giving instruction to the student the teacher, the physician and the nurse. In his own eloquent words, "we are here not to get all we can out of life for ourselves, but to try to make the lives of others happier... The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head. Often the best part of your work will have nothing to do with potions and powders, but with the exercise of and influence of the strong upon the weak, of the righteous upon the wicked, of the wise upon the foolish." - Summary by Luke Sartor

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  Functional Family Therapy -...

  Yelena Volkov

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  In the quiet suburbs of Minneapolis, the Rodriguez family sits in a therapist's office, their silence heavy with years of accumulated tension. Maria, the mother, clutches her purse tightly while avoiding eye contact with her seventeen-year-old son Carlos, whose recent arrest for vandalism brought them here. Her husband Miguel stares at the floor, and their younger daughter Sofia fidgets nervously in her chair. This scene, repeated thousands of times across therapy offices worldwide, represents both the crisis and the opportunity that defines modern family intervention. 
  Functional Family Therapy emerged from this exact recognition that families in crisis need more than traditional talk therapy or behavioral modification. Developed in the 1970s by James Alexander and Bruce Parsons at the University of Utah, this approach revolutionized how mental health professionals understand and treat family dysfunction. Rather than viewing problematic behaviors as individual pathology, FFT recognizes that all behavior serves a function within the family system, even when that behavior appears destructive or counterproductive. 
  The theoretical foundation of FFT rests on systems theory, which posits that families operate as interconnected units where each member's actions affect every other member. When Carlos acts out through vandalism, his behavior isn't simply teenage rebellion or inherent criminality. Instead, it serves specific functions within his family system. Perhaps his defiant behavior allows him to establish independence from overly controlling parents, or maybe it diverts attention from his parents' marital problems, temporarily uniting them in their concern for him. Understanding these functions becomes the key to creating lasting change.

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  Information Science - The Basics

  Judith Pintar, David Hopping

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  Information Science: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the multifaceted field of Information Science (IS). 
   
   
   
  Inviting listeners to explore a modern field of study with deep historical foundations, the book begins by considering the complexities of the term "information" and the information life cycle from classification to preservation. Each chapter examines a different area within IS, surveying its history, technologies, and practices with a critical eye. This interdisciplinary field incorporates a wide range of approaches which it shares with humanities, social science, and technology fields. What makes IS unique is its emphasis on the connections between information, technology, and society. The need to share information more effectively in response to social, environmental, and biomedical challenges has never been so urgent; the volume discusses the risks as well as benefits that come with the emerging technologies that make it possible. The book also explores how IS, with its long-standing commitment to intellectual freedom and digital inclusion, and its keen attention to the protection of privacy, data ethics, and algorithmic transparency, can contribute to the creation of a more open and equitable society.

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  Princess Countess Socialite Spy...

  Elise Baker

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  The Second World War changed the course of modern history. It is filled with incredible stories of daring risks and exceptional struggles, but these stories are more often than not the stories of men. 
  There is, however, a hidden treasure trove of untold stories of heroic women who have risked their lives in the monumental battle against fascism. 
  We’ve heard of women who became nurses treating soldiers with battlefield injuries, partisans who fought occupying armies, and skilled laborers who worked in wartime industries. 
  But in the shadows, as part of a secret war against the Nazis, women served as intelligence agents who risked their lives to collect and relay information vital to the war effort. Danger lurked at every turn. 
  These courageous women spies worked in secret, but their stories, which are finally coming to light today, offer a significant and unique perspective on the history of World War II. 
  You'll learn the thrilling stories of five high-society ladies (Virginia Hall, Christine Granville, Noor Inayat Khan, Nancy Wake and Aline Griffith) who went behind enemy lines to aid the war effort, what motivated them to take such risks, and how these women heroes of WWII helped shape the course and outcome of the most significant war in modern history. 
  You’ll gain insights into why some high-society ladies chose to give up a life of comfort to fight against global tyranny and live under constant threat of exposure and imprisonment or death. 
  If you’re looking for a unique and enlightening view of the Second World War and are interested in women’s historically overshadowed roles in international espionage, then look no further than Princess, Countess, Socialite, Spy.

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  Community Helpers at the...

  Mari Schuh

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  Presents the community helpers on the scene of a construction site using simple text and full-color photography.

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