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Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 285 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1989, Robert B. Oxnam, the successful China scholar and president of the Asia Society, faced up to what he thought was his biggest personal challenge: alcoholism. But, this dependency masked a problem far more serious: Multiple Personality Disorder.
At the peak of his professional career, after having led the Asia Society for nearly a decade, Oxnam was haunted by periodic blackouts and episodic rages. After his family and friends intervened, Oxnam...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Completely revised and updated second edition, First Da Capo Press edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 317 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"One in seven mothers suffers from a disorder on the postpartum depression spectrum; another 20-30 percent of them deal with above-average anxiety. First published in 1994, This Isn't What I Expected became the go-to resource for postpartum depression. This second edition has been updated in an effort to help women and their partners sort through all the noise and myths to focus on getting the help they need. Dr. Valerie Davis Raskin and social worker...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it's a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. Beginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xx, 248 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Autism in Heels, an intimate memoir, reveals the woman inside one of autism's most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of thirty-five, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense. Now, Jennifer exposes the constant struggle between carefully crafted persona and authentic existence, editing the autism script with wit, candor, passion, and power. Her journey is one of reverse-self-discovery...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the author's harrowing upbringing by fanatic parents, who raised her in isolation through traumatic disciplinary exercises designed to "eliminate weakness," and recounts how she eventually escaped with the help of an outsider.