Looking for Alaska

NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES! The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award • A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist • A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller • NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels • TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time • A PBS Great American Read Selection • Millions of copies sold! First drink. First prank. First friend. First love. Last words. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction. Newly updated edition includes a brand-new Readers’ Guide featuring a Q&A with author John Green

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Frankenfoods

Dr. Michael Wald, author of Frankenfoods: GMO Controversy, Lies and Your Health, offers a riveting perspective of the GMO predicament, exploring governmental and industry cover-ups, health dangers, environmental threats, GMO-free foods plans and recipes, nutritional supplements and other practical solutions. Dr. Wald declares, “The GMO dilemma is here to stay. Anyone interested in protecting their health and that of their loved ones, friends and the planet must educate themselves and take political and personal action right now.”

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‘Each Click Counts’ – the travelling photo exhibition reaches Lady Sri Ram College – Times of India

‘Each Click Counts’ – the travelling photo exhibition, focusing on the importance of girl-child in India made its way to Lady Sri Ram College. The exhibition aims at generating awareness regarding the declining child sex ratio and gender based discrimination.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Each-Click-Counts-the-travelling-photo-exhibition-reaches-Lady-Sri-Ram-College/articleshow/53848262.cms

Looking for Alaska

NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES! The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award • A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist • A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller • NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels • TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time • A PBS Great American Read Selection • Millions of copies sold! First drink. First prank. First friend. First love. Last words. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction. Newly updated edition includes a brand-new Readers’ Guide featuring a Q&A with author John Green

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Clinical Handbook of Anxiety Disorders

This book is designed to present a state-of the-art approach to the assessment and management of anxiety disorders. This text introduces and reviews the theoretical background underlying anxiety and stress psychopathology, addresses the issues faced by clinicians who assess individuals presenting with anxiety in different contexts, and reviews the management of and varied treatment approaches for individuals with anxiety disorders. Written by experts in the field, the book includes the most common demographics and challenges for physicians treating anxiety, including disorders in children, aging patients, personality disorders, drug and non-drug treatment options, as well as anxiety in comorbid patients. Clinical Handbook of Anxiety Disorders is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, students, counselors, psychiatric nurses, social workers, and all medical professionals working with patients struggling with anxiety and stress-related conditions.

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Atal’s ex-secy shortlisted for NMML top post, row erupts – Times of India

A fresh controversy is brewing at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library over the selection of a new director, with political scientist Pratap Bhanu Mehta quitting the executive council over the short-listing of former bureaucrat Shakti Sinha, who was private secretary to Atal Bihari Vajpayee when the BJP functionary was PM.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Atals-ex-secy-shortlisted-for-NMML-top-post-row-erupts/articleshow/53679181.cms

‘Now that’s awesome!’ What does Wendy Davis hate? This photo sums it up

http://twitter.com/#!/coff33loveit/status/520719110976851968

Consider it done:

Two things Wendy Davis hates pic.twitter.com/VEVquYjM5R

— Ulysses E. McGill (@Just_a_Texan) October 10, 2014

Ka-POW!

@Just_a_Texan @TXSVIKING now that's awesome!

— john wayland (@johnwayland2) October 10, 2014

@Just_a_Texan this photo is EPIC! THIS "IS" WHAT #WENDYDAVIS HATES!

— BMF Mom Mary (@coff33loveit) October 10, 2014

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Full Twitchy coverage of Wendy Davis

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/10/10/now-thats-awesome-what-does-wendy-davis-hate-this-photo-puts-it-in-a-perfect-nutshell/

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

This book brings together a cutting-edge selection of the most current applications of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), giving clinicians as well as researchers a concise guide to current and future directions. Each chapter begins with in illustrative case study to give readers an example of how MBCT would be used in the clinical setting, followed by an overview of the condition, the theoretical rationale for using MBCT, modifications of MBCT for that disorder, evidence for MBCT use. Chapters also discuss practical considerations of MBCT, including patient selection, home practice, group size, format, and facilitator training. Written by some of the world’s leading physicians using MBCT, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Innovative Applications is of great value to psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and therapists.

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