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All About Love by bell hooks Just Kids by Patti Smith The War of Art by Steven Pressfield The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami Drown by Junot Díaz The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Inspired by Marty Cagan
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Book cover for Nature Wants Us to Be Fat: The Surprising Science Behind Why We Gain Weight and How We Can Prevent-and Reverse-It
Nature Wants Us to Be Fat: The Surprising Science Behind Why We Gain Weight and How We Can Prevent-and Reverse-It by Richard J. Johnson
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I am talking about not only obesity, but also the diseases that crowd our hospitals today, particularly diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and heart disease.
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