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Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University

Inspiring stories and practical advice from America’s most respected journalists The country’s most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard’s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice—covering everything from finding a good topic, to structuring narrative stories, to writing and selling your first book. More than fifty well-known writers …

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Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia

This wild and comic tale of Middle East misadventure is “a very funny and frequently insightful look at the world’s most combustible region. Fearlessness is a valuable quality in a travel writer, and Mr. Horwitz . . . seems as intrepid as they come”.–The New York Times Book …

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The Magicians: A Novel (Magicians Trilogy)

The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, soon to be an original series on Syfy“The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this.” —George R.R. Martin   “Sad, hilarious, beautiful, and …

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A Man Named Dave

A Man Named Dave, which has sold over 1 million copies, is the gripping conclusion to Dave Pelzer’s inspirational and New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Child Called “It” and The Lost Boy.”All those years you tried your best to break me, and I’m still here. One day you’ll see, …

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The Privilege of Youth: A Teenager’s Story

From A Child Called “It” to The Lost Boy, from A Man Named Dave to Help Yourself, Dave Pelzer’s inspirational books have helped countless others triumph over hardship and misfortune.  In The Privilege of Youth, he shares the missing chapter of his life: as a boy on the threshold of adulthood.  With sensitivity and insight, he recounts the …

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Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions

Thoroughly revised and updated—the go-to book for OCD sufferers who want to master their fears and take charge of their livesThe first comprehensive guide to treating obsessive compulsive disorder based on clinically proven behavioral therapy techniques, Dr. Lee Baer’s Getting Control has been providing OCD sufferers with information and relief for more than twenty years. In the same …

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Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential

Required reading at Harvard Business School and Columbia Business School. Everyone wants to be more appealing and effective, but few believe we can manage the personal magnetism of a Bill Clinton or an Oprah Winfrey. John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut trace the path to influence through a balance of strength (the root of respect) and warmth (the root of …

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Why Weight? A Guide to Ending Compulsive Eating

With the publication of her ground-breaking books, Feeding the Hungry Heart, and Breaking Free From Compulsive Eating, Geneen Roth has helped hundred of thousands of people win their battle against the destructive binge-diet cycle. Now this remarkable companion workbook shows compulsive eaters—in a constructive, non-judgmental way—how to stop using food as a substitute for handling difficult emotions …

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When Food Is Love: Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy

“A life-changing book.” — OprahIn this moving and intimate book, Geneen Roth, bestselling author of Feeding the Hungry Heart and Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating, shows how dieting and emotional eating often become a substitute for intimacy. Drawing on her own painful personal experiences, as well as the candid stories of those she has helped in her seminars, …

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Breaking Free from Emotional Eating

There is an end to the anguish of emotional eating — and this book explainshow to achieve it. Geneen Roth, whose Feeding the Hungry Heart and When FoodIs Love have brought understanding and acceptance to tens of thousands ofreaders over the last two decades, here outlines her proven program forresolving the conflicts at the root of overeating. Using …

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