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Hardcover Fiction
1 HARRY POTTER A N D THE
CHAMBER OF SECRETS, by J. K.
Rowling.
2 HARRY POTTER A N D THE
PRISONER OF AZKABAN by J. K.
Rowling.
3 HARRY POTTER A N D THE
SO RCERER’S STO NE by J. K.
Rowling.
4 TIMELINE by Michael Crichton.
5 IR RESISTIBLE FO R C ES, by
Danielle Steel.
6 SA V IN G FAITH , by D avid
Baldacci.
7 A WALK TO REMEMBER, by
Nicholas Sparks.
8 POP GOES THE WEASEL, by
James Patterson.
9 HUNTING BADGER by Tony
Hillerman.
10 H EARTS IN A T L A N T IS by
Stephen King.
Hardcover Non-Fiction
1 TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by
Mitch Albom.
2 ’TIS by Frank McCourt.
3 HAVE A NICE DAY! by Mick
Foley.
4 THE GREATEST GENERATION
by Tom Brokaw.
5 LIFE: OurCentury in Pictures, edited
by Richard B. Stolley and Tony Chiu.
6
W HEN
PRIDE
STILL
MATTERED by David Maraniss.
7 AN D THE CROWD GOES WILD,
by Joe Gamer.
8 THE CENTURY by Peter Jennings
and Todd Brewster.
9 GALILEO’S DAUGHTER by Dava
Sobel.
10 ESPN SPORTSCENTUR Y, edited
by Michael MacCambridge.
Paperback Fiction
1 H ARR Y POTTER A N D THE
SO RCERER’S STO NE by J. K.
Rowling.
2 JEWELS OF THE SUN, by Nora
Roberts.
3 VINEGAR HILL, by A. Manette
Ansay.
4 TOM C L A N C Y ’S PO W ER
PLAYS: Shadow Watch, created by
Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg.
5 THE GREEN MILE, by Stephen
King.
6 MIRROR IMAGE, by Danielle Steel.
7 THE HAMMER OF EDEN, by Ken
Follett
8 POKEMON: Nos. 1-4, by Tracey
West.
9 THE PR E SE N T , by Johanna
Lindsey.
10 TOE SIMPLE TRUTH, by David
Baldacci.
Paperback Non-Fiction
1 A N G ELA ’S ASH ES by Frank
McCourt.
2 BLEND M AN’S BLUFF by Sherry
Sontag and Christopher Drew with
Annette Lawrence Drew.
3 A WALK IN THE WOODS by Bill
Bryson.
4 THE PERFECT STORM by
Sebastian Junger.
5 A CHILD CALLED ‘ ’IT,’ ’ by Dave
Pelzer.
6 THE PROFESSOR AND THE
MADMAN by Simon Winchester.
7 THE LOST BOY, by Dave Pelzer. 8
PERFECT MURDER, PERFECT
TOWN by Uwrence Schiller.
9 GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by
Jared Diamond.
10 THE SEAT OF THE SOUL, by
Gary Zukav.
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A Survivor’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and Clinical Depression
By D ouglas Bloch
P alla s C o m m u n ic a tio n s; 2000
D espite the recent advent o f Prozac
and other designer drugs, depression
is on the rise. Since W W II, rates o f
depression have doubledin theU .S.,
and depression is now the 2nd m ost
disabling illness in the W estern
w o rld a f te r h e a r t d is e a s e .
D epression costs the econom y 43.7
b illio n d o lla rs a y e a r on lo st
p r o d u c tiv ity
and
w re a k s
considerable violence on the culture,
as evidence by the fact that all the
recent m ass shootings w ere carried
out by depressed males.
D espite the fact that drug therapy
has becom e the m ajor w eapon in
fighting depression, “20% o f the
people get little to no response to
any o f our therapies,” according to
Dr. Steven H ym an, director o f the
N ational Institute ofM ental Health.
N orthw est author and psychologist
Douglas Bloch w as one o f the large
m inority o f patients w ho did not
respond to traditional drug therapy.
In 1996, he suffered an adverse
reaction to an antidepressant that
p lu m m e te d h im in to a m a jo r
depressive episode. F o rth e n ex tten
m onths, he was assailed by out-of
c o n tro l a n x ie ty a tta c k s w h ich
a lte rn a te d w ith d a rk , su ic id a l
depressions. Each day felt like an
eternity, as he struggled to stay alive
in the face o f overw helm ing feelings
o f hopelessness and despair.
In his book, Mr. Bloch shares his
struggle w ith and ultim ate recovery
from a life-threatening depressive
illness. H e offers a “survival plan
for living in hell” that the adopted
until the pow er o f spirit, acting
through a group o f com m itted,
loving people, brought about his
rec o v ery .
In
a d d itio n to h is
c o m p e llin g sto ry ,
M r. B lo c h a lso
outlines a fourteen
p o in t
“ B R A IN
M A IN T E N A N C E ”
program that can be
used by those people
for w hom drugs do
n o t w o rk . T h is
h o lis tic a p p ro a c h
in c lu d e s
d ie t;
nutrition; exercise;
vitam in, mineral and
herbal supplem ents;
and the im portance
o f creating bonds o f
s o c ia l
su p p o rt
(social isolation is
both a cause and also
a consequence o f
depression).
T/lwu^£ Helt...
A Survivor's
Guide
to Overcoming
Anxiety
and Clinical
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Depression
Douglas Bloch
Author of
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Taking the High Road How to Copewith your Ex-Husband, Maintain Your
Sanity, and Raise Your Child in Peace
By N ailah S h am i
P lu m e; 2000
D ivorce, w hich w as once a hushed,
priv ate affair, now co n sisten tly
m akes headlines. T he $3 billion
divorce o f m edia m ogul Sum ner
Redstone and wife Phyllis and the
nasty Ron Perelm an and Patricia
D u ff split have focused the n atio n ’s
attention on this grow ing problem .
H alf o f all m arriages w ill end in
divorce, according to estimates.
Fortunately, women everywhere can
benefit from the w isdom o f N ailah
S h a m i’s ow n ex p erien ces w ith
diabolical divorce in T aking the
H igh Road.
N ailah Sham i know s divorce and
the unpleasantness that oftentim es
accom panies it. W ithin m onths o f
splitting w ith her husband o f ten
years, all hell broke loose. A t first,
it was an am icable separation, but
soon Shami found herself fearing
her ex and fearing for the safety o f
their seven-year-old child as he
criticized her parenting skills, tried
to weasel out o f child
s u p p o r t,
and
com mitted a litany o f
other terror revenge
tactics.
In Taking the High
Road, she em pow ers
r e a d e r s w ith th e
in f o rm a tio n th e y
n e e d i f th e y fin d
th e m s e lv e s in a
sim ilar situation. Her
experiences led her
to create N atio n al
G e t A lo n g W ith
Y our Ex M onth - an
annual
J u ly
cam paign w here ex
spouses take a pledge
to behave themselves
for the sake o f their
kids.
Shami m aintains that
for the sake o f the
c h ild r e n , s p o u s e s
shouldn ’ t stoop to the
level o f their crazy exes, or “G rand
Pooh-ba Pains in the Butt,” as she
hum orously labels all m alicious
exes. Instead o f being hell-bent on
revenge, Sham i says that w omen
should take the high road and work
tow ard a better relationship with
their exes.
F illed w ith p ractical advice on
e v e r y th in g fro m s tr e e - r e lie f
techniques to how to effectively
c o m m u n ic a te a n d d e fu s e b ad
situations, from daily affirm ations
to tips on collecting child support,
T a k in g th e H igh R o a d is th e
definitive source on divorce. A dvice
on how to counsel children through
divorce is also included.
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