How to Cope with Suburban Stress


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Second Thoughts


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How does our perspective change after the first reading? What distortions emerge through repetition? How do we determine what's worth rereading and what is the role of such repetition in our lives? What are the gains and losses? This work investigates the rereading of texts from various genres.




Hijacked by Your Brain


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What do you do when stress takes over your life, and nothing you do to feel better seems to work? When you... Melt down over the smallest things Get angry at the people you love Choke under pressure Feel tense and worried all the time Procrastinate or give up in the face of a crucial deadline Use food, alcohol, gambling, or other addictions to cope Dwell on the past when you just want to move on Hijacked by Your Brain is the first book to explain how stress changes your brain and what you can do about it. Stress is not the enemy. In order to reduce stress, you have to understand why your brain causes you to feel stress and how you can take advantage of it to handle the high-stress people and situations in your life. This groundbreaking book reveals the step missing in most stress reduction guides. We can't stop stress, but we can control the effect stress has on us. Hijacked by Your Brain is the user's manual for your brain that shows you how to free yourself when stress takes over.




Brevity


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David Galef provides a guide to writing flash fiction, from tips on technique to samples by canonical and contemporary authors to provocative prompts that inspire powerful stories in a little space. Brevity is an indispensable resource for anyone working in this increasingly popular form.




My Date with Neanderthal Woman


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"Is it true that Neanderthal women have natural charm? How do you cope with a spouse who's a charismatic kleptomaniac? Does it matter if the souvenir you bring home from Africa is another human being? What can a wife do if all that remains of her husband is what he left in the bathroom that morning? Never mind waking up one morning as a giant insect. What about metamorphosing into your mother? David Galef's My Date with Neanderthal Woman, the winner of Dzanc Books' first Short Story Collection Competition, responds to these and other questions: thirty-three visions of lives that--let's hope--are far from your own."--Page 2 of cover.




Princeton Alumni Weekly


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20 over 40


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Stories about the unique perils and tensions of middle age




Stress-Free Diabetes


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Reduce stress and its harmful complications to your disease Diabetes is a stressful disease and only adds stress to our busy lives. Prolonged stress can cause serious and extensive harm to our hearts, kidneys, eyes, nerves, and mental well-being. Learning to manage stress well will help you manage not only your blood glucose levels, but also your life. Stress-Free Diabetes offers a creative, imaginative, and practical approach to stress management. Stress-Free Diabetes covers: Stress and the body and the mindBeing emotionally smartEssential people skillsSetting realistic goalsStaying grounded and mindfulAnticipating problems and solving themThe importance of humor