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Pub. Date
c2005
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In the astronaut's wife the lives of courageous NASA astronaut Spencer Armacost and his beautiful schoolteacher wife Jillian are momentarily shattered when Spencer's mission mysteriously loses contact with Earth for 2 minutes, but neither Spencer nor Jillian knows that those 120 seconds of terror will ultimately threaten their sanity, their future and their lives.
In Don Juan DeMarco a psychiatrist rescues a young man who claims to be the legendary...
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Studio classic volume 23
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
A fact-based story about a Georgia housewife named Eve, who suffers from multiple personalities. Eve's husband, confused by his wife's behavior seeks help from a psychiatrist. The doctor finds that each of Eve's personalities is aware of the other's existence but none are related. After months of therapy, Eve is purged of her negative selves and is cured.
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A cultural phenomenon that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to understanding codependency and unlocking its hold on your life.
REVISED AND UPDATED • With a New Chapter on Trauma and Anxiety, a List of Resources, and More • 2023 Nautilus Book Award Winner • As heard on Glennon Doyle’s We Can Do Hard Things Podcast
The cultural phenomenon that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds...
8) Stronger than BPD: the girl's guide to taking control of intense emotions, drama & chaos using DBT
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[2017]
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Written by a BPD survivor and advocate, Stronger Than BPD offers practical, evidence-based dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to help you manage the intense emotions and negative self-image that can occur with BPD. This easy-to-use guide helps you apply the fundamental components of DBT—such as mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness—to everyday situations that can trigger your symptoms. And...
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"CHICAGO, SOMETIME-- Two people meet in the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a bipolar counterfeit artist, undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy. By the end of the story, these things will still be true. But this is not a story about endings. For Regan, people are predictable and tedious, including and perhaps especially...
10) Disfigured
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Lydia is a fat, graceful woman struggling to maintain her identity in fashionable Venice Beach, California. Though she is a member of Fat Acceptance Group she still struggles with complex feelings about her body and its place in the world. Darcy, a recovering-anorexic real estate agent, is struggling with the same issues from a very different perspective. Her attempt to join the Fat Acceptance Group is quickly rejected, but it introduces her to Lydia....
11) Rememory
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Gordon Dunn, a visionary scientific pioneer, is found dead shortly after he unveils his newest work: a device able to extract, record, and play a person's memories. Soon, a mysterious man shows up at his window's door, claiming to be a friend of her late husband. After stealing the machine from the house, the man uses it to try and solve the mystery of Gordon's death, beginning an investigation on memories that lead him to unexpected and dangers places....
13) Sybil
Pub. Date
1977.
Description
A landmark, classic drama depicting the extraordinary real life of a young woman suffering from multiple personality disorder. Includes the full 3-hour broadcast version, along with over an hour of new exclusive special features.
Pub. Date
c2007
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Based on the personal memoirs of Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors is a wickedly funny, brave and moving tale of surviving a most unusual childhood. Augusten's (Joseph Cross) mother (Annette Bening) is a deluded aspiring post with bipolar disorder whose marriage to his dad (Alec Baldwin) is in ruins. Soon, she is seeing a very eccentric therapist named Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), while Augusten is left in the care of Finch's wackly family, including...
17) Batman returns
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Batman must face the Penguin and Catwoman in this nightmarish tale.
Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt to expose Batman in a different light. Earlier however, Selina Kyle, Max's secretary, is thrown from the top of a building and is transformed...
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[2011]
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The high-stakes world of the Los Angeles division of NCIS is charged with apprehending dangerous and elusive criminals that pose a threat to the nation's security. By assuming false identities and utilizing the most advanced technology, the team of highly trained agents goes deep undercover, putting their lives on the line in the field to bring down their targets. Contains all 24 action-packed second season episodes, plus commentary and featurettes....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
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It was the time of the French Revolution - a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds.Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, Dr. Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported...
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Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Create Convincing Characters That Readers-And Editors-Can't Resist!
It's the question that eternally plagues all good writers: How can you describe the thoughts and feelings of characters who have backgrounds or psychological aberrations with which you have no personal experience?
How can you describe the feelings of a drug addict if you've never been one? How can you write about being a prisoner if you've never been to jail? You can do all the...
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