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43) Fear itself
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
On his last day with the FBI, special agent E.L. Pender is drawn into the case of phobia disorder patient Dorie Bell, whose fellow attendees at a Las Vegas phobia convention have died in manners inconsistent with their fears.
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Description
A TIME top 100 must read book of 2020-a spellbinding dive into paralyzing fear that Rolling Stone says "could not be timelier" Since childhood, Eva Holland has been gripped by two debilitating phobias: fear of losing her mother and fear of heights. The worst comes to pass with her mother's sudden death in 2015, and something shifts for Eva. Then, when an ice-climbing expedition ends with Eva embarrassed and in tears, a new resolve kicks in: Fear may...
Author
Pub. Date
â<2016.
Description
This is a book about phobias and obsessions, isolation and dark corners. It's about families, friendships, and carefully preserved secrets. But above everything else it's about love. Finding love - in any of its forms - and nurturing it. Miss Hayes has a new theory. She thinks my condition's caused by some traumatic incident from my past I keep deep-rooted in my mind. As soon as I come clean I'll flood out all these tears and it'll all be ok and I...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
There may be no greater source of anxiety for Americans today than the question of what to eat and drink. Are eggs the perfect protein, or are they cholesterol bombs? Is red wine good for my heart or bad for my liver? Will pesticides, additives, and processed foods kill me? Here with some very rare and very welcome advice is food historian Harvey Levenstein: Stop worrying! In "Fear of Food" Levenstein reveals the people and interests who have created...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Collects L. J. Smith's "The Hunter," "The Chase," and "The Kill," in which Jenny and her friends begin a game that puts them at the mercy of Julian, the Prince of Shadows, who will force each player to face their phobias, but Jenny quickly learns that death in the game equates death in reality.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"What are you running from? Sam is afraid of just about anything and everything that's unhealthy ever since his father died. Something about the Springtrap costume in the roleplaying area of Freddy Fazbears Mega Pizzaplex chills Luca to the core. And Grady's fear of being trapped in small spaces makes working as a Pizzaplex technician extremely challenging. But in the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, our deepest fears have a way of chasing us."--Provided...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Offering a frank and funny critique of the cultural forces that are driving us mad, Caroline Dooner examines how treating ourselves like never ending self-improvement projects is a recipe for burnout. Caroline empowers us to say no to the things that exhaust us. She inspires us to carve out time to slow down, feel okay about doing less, and honour our humanity. This is not a self-help book, it's a cautionary tale. It's an honest look at the dogma...
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
As a hard-charging London surgeon, Martin Ellingham didn't need a bedside manner. His patients were unconscious, so he could be as rude and arrogant as he pleased. All that changes when he develops a crippling fear of blood and is forced to give up surgery. Now a GP in a sleepy, picturesque Cornish fishing village, Doc Martin offends everyone in town, including the one person he wants to impress, beautiful teacher Louisa Glasson. Getting her attention...
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
The book covers alternative therapies such as herbs, yoga, massage, acupuncture, and homeopathy. It addresses the impact of perfectionism and other personality issues such as the fear of rejection and abandonment, or habitual over-cautiousness on anxiety and phobia problems. Some of the fundamentals of this book Ãs approach include: suggestions to help you simplify your life; tips on finding your unique mission or purpose; ways you can include...
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Description
This is my journey from the first symptom to becoming housebound to leaving my home. Within These Walls is based on my personal experiences, my failures, and my victories. I have suffered from agoraphobia for seventeen years and was housebound twice for a total of nine years. This is my life as a housebound agoraphobic.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Greg Harden changes lives. This is why hundreds of world-class athletes, doctors, lawyers, teachers, business leaders, college students, and professionals from all walks of life have come to him for advice and direction--including 7-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady, 23-time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps, Heisman Trophy winners Desmond Howard and Charles Woodson, CEOs of major companies, and championship coaching staffs from all over the world....
60) Sky ropes
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Breanna is forced to go to the team-building camp that kicks off sixth grade where she will have to face the sky ropes course and her fear of heights that is linked to her father's abuse while still keeping her fear a secret from her friends.