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Doc­tor, Will You Pray for Me?: Med­i­cine, Chap­lains and Heal­ing the Whole Person
Robert Klitz­man
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When Women Get Sick: An Empow­er­ing Approach for Get­ting the Sup­port You Need
Rebec­ca Bloom
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Rad­i­cal Sis­ters: Shirley Tem­ple Black, Rose Kush­n­er, Eve­lyn Laud­er and the Dawn of the Breast Can­cer Movement
Judith L. Pearson
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Near­ly Depart­ed: Adven­tures in Loss, Can­cer and Oth­er Inconveniences
Gila Pfef­fer
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Woven Roots: Recov­er­ing the Heal­ing Plant Tra­di­tions of Jews and Their Neigh­bors in East­ern Europe
Deatra Cohen
Adam Siegel
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Count­ing Backwards
Jacque­line Friedland
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The Wan­der­ing Jew of St. Salacious
Ron Turk­er
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Strangers to Our­selves: Unset­tled Minds and the Sto­ries That Make Us
Rachel Aviv
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Pro­files in Men­tal Health Courage
Stephen Fried
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Ear­ly Detec­tion: Catch­ing Can­cer When It’s Curable
Bruce Rat­ner
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The Last Year of My Life: Ten Lead­er­ship Tools That Trans­formed a Dead­ly Diag­no­sis into a Path of Renewal
Eeki Elner
Joshua T. Adams
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Ele­phan­t’s Big Climb
Andrea Son­nen­berg
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All That Real­ly Matters
David Weill
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The Vagi­na Busi­ness: The Inno­v­a­tive Break­throughs that Could Change Every­thing in Wom­en’s Health
Mari­na Gerner
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Liv­ing with Autism Undiagnosed
R. Horowitz
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Bad Ther­a­py: Why the Kids Aren’t Grow­ing Up
Abi­gail Shrier
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