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  That Place We Call Home - A...

  John Creedon

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  John Creedon has always been fascinated by place names, from growing up in Cork City as a young boy to travelling around Ireland making his popular television show. In this brilliant new book, he peels back the layers of meaning of familiar place names to reveal stories about the land of Erin and the people who walked it before us.
  Travel the highways, byways and boreens of Ireland with John and become absorbed in the place names, such as 'The Cave of the Cats', 'Artichoke Road', 'The Eagle's Nest' and 'Crazy Corner'. All hold clues that help to uncover our past and make sense of that place we call home, feeding both mind and soul along the way.

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  Enough Is Enough - Simple Habits...

  Edward Graham

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  We've all been there — worrying about success, about whether or not we can become the person we've always wanted to be, whether we can live the life we've always wanted to live. Is it really possible? Can we actualize our potential? Or is it all just a pipe dream?  
  Enough Is Enough says it's not! Drawing on a wide variety of influences, from literature to Zen Buddhism, biology to neuroscience, Enough Is Enough lays out the habits anyone can develop to turn them into just the kind of hard-working, deep-thinking ideal they've always wanted to be.  
  Written with passion, wit, and knowledge gained as much from life as from literature, Enough Is Enough promises to be just the book you're looking for if you want to run headlong into the future and never look back.  
   

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  The Catastrophic Worrier - Why...

  Graham Davey PhD

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  Do you turn all your molehills into insurmountable mountains? This accessible and engaging book will guide you along the path to stop catastrophizing so that you can reclaim control, achieve your goals, and live a happier life.Is your worrying keeping you up all night, eroding your self-confidence, paralyzing your ability to make decisions, and harming your physical health? Excessive worrying is a problem that affects everyone at some point in their lives, but for some people it can become a lifelong affliction. Catastrophic worry can turn even imagined setbacks into a cascade of devastating events, impacting your sleep, self-confidence, decision making, problem solving, ability to cope, and overall health.In this guide, leading worry expert Graham Davey explains the science of why we worry, and offers a clear path to stopping catastrophic worry so you can regain control and live a happier life. Focusing first on the psychological processes that contribute to catastrophizing, you'll gain a solid, research-based understanding of where your worry comes from, with insight into how it can snowball. You'll also learn how to assess your own level of catastrophic worrying, and find exercises that directly address those processes to help you establish healthy habits, manage your mood and anxiety, and make decisions with confidence.

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  Psychology of Addictions

  IntroBooks Team

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  The addiction and the brain always have a close relationship. The brain is very important for human survival in this complex world. It is very important to understand the effects of addiction on the natural balance of the brain. The addiction affects and causes changes in the functioning as well as the structure of the human brain. After understanding the effects and symptoms of drug and substance abuse on mental health, it becomes easier to learn the psychology of addiction. Once it is understood, the breaking psychology of the addiction process also becomes easier and more executable.   
  Substance abuse causes mental health disorders. These mental disorders are associated with biological, environmental and psychological factors. While breaking the psychology of addiction, people have to deal with unpleasant emotions instead of avoiding them. It is very hard but definitely possible to quit addiction with determination, courage, spending some time in the supervision of experts, and following the professional's advice.

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  Neil Sedaka

  Wink Martindale

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  Neil Sedaka had more than a dozen hits from 1958 to 1963, but his career slumped with the arrival of the British Invasion. In 1974 he found his way back to the charts with “Laughter in the Rain.” In March of that year, Wink Martindale sat with Sedaka to discuss his early career and his thrilling comeback. Sedaka recounts his early life as a child receiving classical music training and secretly writing pop songs, despite his sister telling him to stick to the classics. Sedaka clearly made the right call as he went on to achieve great success despite the ups and downs of his career as he cheerfully details in this enthralling conversation.

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  Elmer Kelton Tells the Truth -...

  Elmer Kelton

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  Whatever Elmer Kelton says is worth listening to. Here are five of this famous author's best speeches, recorded live. Known for his award-winning fiction, Kelton, who in 1995 was named the greatest Western author of all time by Western Writers of America, is highly sought after as a keynote speaker. His vast knowledge of and passion for the subjects he uses as backdrops for his novels is evident in these finely-crafted, humorous talks. Finalist in AudioWorld's 2004 Golden Headsets Awards for Best Self-Help/Inspirational Audio.

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