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The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
Ryland Grace has been asleep for a very, very long time. He's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. He can't remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how...
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xx, 105 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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"Activity books are a medically recommended intervention for memory-impaired adults. The book is designed with two-page spreads, which pair a picture on one page and instructions on the other page for prompting recall. New features include all new images, references to online resources, and a multicultural approach. The introductory chapter now has suggestions for how the book can be used at home and in institutional settings"--
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224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"A renowned neurologist explains why our routine forgetting-of names, dates, even house keys-is not a brain failure but actually, when combined with memory, one of the mind's most beneficial functions. Who wouldn't want a better memory? Dr. Scott Small has dedicated his career to understanding why memory forsakes us. As director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Columbia University, he focuses largely on patients who experience pathological...
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224 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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More than 70 brain-stimulating activities for people with memory loss or dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. Physical and mental activities along with social interaction may help maintain your brain health and slow the progress of memory loss and dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. They can also provide a meaningful way to connect. This book is packed with fun and creative ideas, from nature walks, gardening, and exercise to arts, crafts,...
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viii, 280 pages ; 24 cm
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In Creative Care, Anne Basting lays the groundwork for a widespread transformation in our approach to elder care and uses compelling, touching stories to inspire and guide us all--family, friends, and health professionals--in how to connect and interact with those living with dementia. A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, Basting tells the story of how she pioneered a radical change in how we interact with our older loved ones. Now used around the...
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272 pages ; 21 cm
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"She thought she had put the questions to rest. But someone from her past wants answers. From the bestselling author of The Rumor and Who Did You Tell? comes an electrifying new novel of suspense. At the time it was exciting. A game of dare, but one that had motive and justification. Children can be so judgmental, can't they? I can still hear her cry as she toppled forwards, the dull thud of her body as it landed on the pavement. Lizzie and Alice...
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341 pages ; 24 cm
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Unable to convince anyone that she was pushed before she was rescued from the bottom of a hotel pool, a rising author struggling with depression and memory loss begins to question her sanity as elements from her debut novel mix up with events in her real life.
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360 pages ; 23 cm
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"Twenty years of addiction to cloud, a drug which wipes the user's short-term memory, have left single mom Mellie with her mind in fragments. With the help of a tough-minded sponsor, and motivated by her own medically-challenged daughter, Mellie clings to a fragile sobriety. Then, on the evening of her twenty-ninth day sober, a stranger pulls into her driveway and her heart surges. However, when Mellie's pursuit of this man and the past they may share...
11) High-octane brain: 5 science-based steps to sharpen your memory and reduce your risk of Alzheimer's
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xv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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A Harvard- and Yale-trained neuropsychologist outlines a research-supported program for bolstering the memory and protecting the brain from Alzheimer's, drawing on cutting-edge approaches from eight brain-health experts to discuss related nutritional, fitness and preventative therapy options.
Braun presents a program to boost memory and dramatically decrease the risk of Alzheimer's. It features five practical steps: exercise; healthy food; engagement;...
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Books4pocket. Crecimiento y salud volume 448
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348 pages ; 19 cm.
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"Jean Carper, periodista especializada en medicina y nutricion con mas de cuarenta anos de experiencia, reune por primera vez las cien estrategias mas eficaces y sencillas para prevenir, ralentizar e incluso disminuir los sintomas del Alzheimer. Con el aumento de las expectativas de vida, las probabilidades de padecer Alzheimer y otras demencias relacionadas con la edad aumentan espectacularmente. Hoy por hoy, sostiene la autora, la prevencion es...
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xxi, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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One of the foremost Alzheimer's dementia-care clinicians presents an individualized, step-by-step, whole-body, evidence-based approach to reversing and preventing cognitive decline, aiming to help people with dementia return to themselves and help those who are living in fear of developing dementia take good care of their current and future brain health.
15) The fallen
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Amos Decker volume 4
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420 pages ; 24 cm.
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Amos Decker and his journalist friend Alex Jamison are visiting the home of Alex's sister in Barronville, a small town in western Pennsylvania that has been hit hard economically. When Decker is out on the rear deck of the house talking with Alex's niece, a precocious eight-year-old, he notices flickering lights and then a spark of flame in the window of the house across the way. When he goes to investigate he finds two dead bodies inside and it's...
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When crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson discovers a body wedged in a retirement home trash chute, he must become an amateur sleuth to clear himself as a murder suspect while struggling with the problems of his short term memory loss and being stuck living with "a bunch of old people." As Paul's snooping gets him in trouble with the local police and the retirement home administration, he meets eccentric residents, develops a new friendship, experiences...
18) Vessel: a novel
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294 pages ; 24 cm
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After astronaut Catherine Wells's ship undergoes a catastrophic event and loses contact with NASA, the entire world believes her to be dead. Miraculously - and mysteriously - she survives, though everyone else on the mission is lost, as are most of Catherine's memories of her time in space. Her reentry after a decade away is a turbulent one: her husband has moved on with another woman, and the young daughter she left behind has grown into a teenager...
19) Redemption
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420 pages ; 24 cm.
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Confronted by the first murder suspect of his early career while visiting his hometown, FBI detective Amos Decker reexamines startling connections to another crime that make him question if he arrested the wrong man years earlier.
Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison are visiting Decker's hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when he's approached by Meryl Hawkins -- the first person Decker ever arrested for murder back when he was a young detective....
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