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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise August 2018
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The dental diet : the surprising link between your teeth, real food, and life-changing natural health
by Steven Lin
What it's about: Dr. Steven Lin, an experienced dentist and the world's first dental nutritionist, shares the food-based health principles he has developed over the course of his career to ensure you have a healthy mouth and body for the rest of your life. Merging dental and nutritional science, Dr. Lin lays out the dietary program that not only prevents both dental fillings and cholesterol medications but gives readers the resources to raise kids who develop naturally straight teeth. From analyzing our ancestral traditions to epigenetics to exploring gut health and the microbiome.
Is it for you? Dr. Lin provides the science behind his program and shares real-world applications. The Dental Diet arms the reader with a 40-day meal plan to help you easily and successfully implement the techniques into your everyday life.
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The Poisoned City : Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy
by Anna Clark
What it's about: This book recounts the gripping story of Flint's poisoned water through the people who caused it, suffered from it, and exposed it. It is a chronicle of one town, but could also be about any American city, all made precarious by the neglect of infrastructure.
Topics include: contamination, meditations in an emergency, lead poisoning, negligence.
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How to Change Your Mind : What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
by Michael Pollan
What it's about: When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into the experience of various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists.
Topics include: addiction, mental illness, hallucinogenic drugs, therapeutic substance use.
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First, We Make the Beast Beautiful : A New Journey Through Anxiety
by Sarah Wilson
The best-selling author of I Quit Sugar challenges cultural beliefs about anxiety from the perspectives of medical and spiritual leaders. 'To conquer the beast, you must first make it beautiful'. This Chinese proverb has been the key to Sarah Wilson understanding her own lifelong struggle with anxiety. Here she looks at the triggers and treatments of anxiety, the fashions and fads. She reads widely and interviews fellow sufferers, mental health experts, philosophers, and even the Dalai Lama, processing all she learns through the prism of her own experiences.
Topics include: Anxiety, prevention tools, alternative treatment, spiritual/ mental healing.
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| Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World by Deborah ReberWhat it is: an optimistic guide for parents facing the "lonely and difficult" challenges of raising neurodiverse children in a world not always ready to accept them, written by a bestselling author and mother of a neurodiverse child.
What's inside: 18 "tilts" (paradigm shifts) that encourage families to change their actions and behaviors to improve relationships and embrace the strengths of differently wired family members. |
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| Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (And How To Teach It To Everyone) by Elizabeth GreenWhat it is: a survey of education trends and instructional methods -- from Teach For America to the Japanese practice of jugyokenkyu ("lesson study") -- that examines what makes an effective teacher.
What sets it apart: Author Elizabeth Green includes perspectives from economists, psychologists, and entrepreneurs.
Try this next: Kim Bearden's Crash Course: The Life Lessons My Students Taught Me. |
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| Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You're Not) by Beth KoblinerWhat it is: a thorough and practical guide for parents to help their children develop financial literacy skills, empowering kids and parents alike to make informed decisions on everything from incentivizing chores to paying for college.
Did you know? Research shows that money habits are formed by the age of seven. |
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| The Parent Backpack for Kindergarten through Grade 5 by ML NicholsWhat it is: an approachable and insightful how-to for parents navigating early childhood education, packed with advice to support academic success.
Topics include: communicating with teachers; recognizing developmental milestones and different learning styles.
Don't miss: sample scripts for interacting with teachers; the "Top Ten Takeaways" that conclude every chapter. |
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| The Perfect Score Project: One Mother's Journey to Uncover the Secrets of the SAT by Debbie StierWhat it's about: Hoping to motivate her underachieving son to perform well on the SAT, Debbie Stier explored a variety of test prep options -- and wound up taking the SAT seven times herself. Here she shares her test-taking tips and research, offering strategies to success.
Further reading: Anya Kamenetz's The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing -- But You Don't Have to Be.
Reviewers say: "A fascinating read" (Library Journal). |
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