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  • Boney & I Anorexia, Ustrasana and the Lost Apple Core

    by Lou Stokes ...
    "Boney & I: Anorexia, Ustrasana and the Lost Apple Core," is a true story of a young woman's successful battle to overcome anorexia.Lou and 'Boney'—the voice inside Lou that makes her starve herself—embark on a journey together that takes them across the world in search of an elusive 'paradise'. But the real journey is within.Through a whole-hearted dedication to yoga and meditation, Lou finds her ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Say It Plain

    A Century of Great African American Speeches

    A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice—with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more.In "full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul", this unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the twentieth century's leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures, many never before available ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Secret Life of an Anorexic

    by Kristen Noel ...
    In The Secret Life of an Anorexic, Kristen, the author of this memoir, shares her remarkably evocative, honest, and empowering story about her discovery and constant battle with Anorexia. She takes you through the early years of her life and the experiences that contributed to her illness.With the prodding of her friends, she decides to go to her universitys counseling services to be evaluated. ... Read more

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  • The Black Presidency

    Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America

    A provocative and lively examination of the meaning of America's first black presidency, by the New York Times-bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop.Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race have shaped Barack Obama's identity and groundbreaking presidency. How has President Obama dealt publicly with race—as the national traumas of Tamir Rice, Trayvon ... Read more

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  • Shrink: A journey through anorexia

    Starting Year 11 is bad enough, what with all the exams and end of year party. But Eloise has to deal with the now. The appointment.Sixteen year old Eloise Meehan, who has an eating disorder, begins a journey through therapy in an attempt to come to terms with the unspoken family secrets. But as relationships are built, and subsequently broken, it seems as if there are more questions asked than ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Road To The Rainbow: A Personal Journey To Recovery From An Eating Disorder Survivor

    Writing from a personal experience with honesty, warmth and compassion, Meredith Seafield Grant explores eating disorders, the development, the depths of despair but most importantly the hope and reality of recovery. With over twenty years of personal journal entries as a resource, Meredith has compiled the wisdom and insight she gained on the road to her personal life's rainbow. Appreciating that ... Read more

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  • Say It Loud!

    Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity

    Following Say It Plain, a collection of speeches that provides "a sweeping perspective on evolving issues of black identity in the struggle for equality" ( Booklist).In "full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul", Say It Plain collected and transcribed speeches by some of the twentieth century's leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures. Many of the ... Read more

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  • Raw: The diary of an anorexic (HarperTrue Life – A Short Read)

    by Lydia Davies ...
    Series series HarperTrue Life – A Short Read
    Lydia was 19 years old and enjoying university with a loving family and great friends when she became anorexic. The doctors told her that she would die.This is Lydia’s account of what anorexia did to her, how it changed her and how it impacted on her family, friends and all her choices in life. Her story is told through letters and blogs that Lydia wrote at the best and worst of times, notes from ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Fragile

    A heart-breaking story of a lifelong battle with anorexia

    by Nikki Grahame ...
    Today, I look forward to a future where anorexia's voice will be silenced, where I can simply be Nikki Grahame and not be defined or controlled by my illness.' Say the name Nikki Grahame and most people will remember the bubbly, highly strung and hugely entertaining Big Brother 7 contestant. Since leaving the Big Brother house, she has forged a successful career for herself in presenting and ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Insatiable

    A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia

    by Erica Rivera ...
    A raw and engrossing memoir of a young mother's addiction to eating disorders and her struggle toward health-now in paperback.At twenty-four, Erica Rivera appeared to have it all: a B.A., two daughters, a successful husband, a house in the suburbs-and a great body. But under the surface, Erica was struggling with an addiction. She developed a self-destructive obsession with dieting, bingeing, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • More Than You Can Chew

    **Winner of the Society of School Librarians International’s Best Book Award – Language Arts, Grades 7-12 NovelsWinner of the 2005 White Pine Awards, Fiction categorySelected for inclusion in the Best Books for the Teen Age 2004 List by the New York Public LibraryNominated for Snow Willow Award (The Saskatchewan Young Reader’s Choice Awards)**Nominated for the Canadian Library Association’s 2004 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Anorexia

    A Stranger in the Family

    Katie Metcalfe takes readers through the daily struggle with this potentially lethal obsession. It is a harrowing account of her triumphs and tragedies on the long road to recovery after being hospitalized at 15. We learn of Katie's constant battle with 'the voice' when her pride at improving her health is overshadowed by the fear of over eating.It is a story of a young girl at war with herself ... Read more

    $2.99 USD