Books

Diabetes and the Sugar Cars

Diabetes and the Sugar Cars uses fun metaphors to help young children understand diabetes. The city represents the body, sugar cars are glucose, and insulin is the key to unlocking energy.

This book is designed for children around 5 - 8 years old and can be helpful for:
• Children diagnosed with diabetes
• Siblings or friends of someone with...

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F is for Food Wisdom

A Practical Guide to Better Food Choices
From the series: Random Notes, Alphabetically Explored

Healthy eating shouldn’t be this confusing.

One expert tells you to cut carbs. Another says to avoid fat. One diet promises quick results. The next claims to be the only way to eat. Meanwhile, many people are left feeling tired, hungry, frustrated, and unsure what to believe. This book cuts through the noise.

Drawing on research in nutrition,...

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Diabetes Reflection Guide: In a Nutshell Summaries, Reflection Questions, and Everyday Tools for Living with Diabetes (Diabetes Companion Series Book 5)

Diabetes can sometimes feel like an unwanted passenger, always in the car with you, commenting on every meal, interrupting your plans, and demanding attention when you least want to give it. But living well with diabetes isn’t only about reacting to numbers. It’s about learning to notice patterns, understand what affects your body, and reflect...

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Why Does My Blood Sugar Do That? : 65 Questions About Monitoring, Medications, and Insulin; A Practical, Research-Informed Companion (Diabetes Companion Series Book 3)

Living with diabetes can feel like trying to solve a puzzle where the pieces keep changing shape.

Why was my blood sugar perfect yesterday but high today?
Why do I wake up high even when I went to bed in range?
How do I prevent dangerous lows?
What do all these medications actually do?
When is it time for insulin… and what happens then?

This third...

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How Can I Live Well with Diabetes Every Day? : 76 Questions About Food, Movement, and Sleep; A Practical, Research-Informed Companion (Diabetes Companion Series Book 2)

Living with diabetes means making hundreds of daily decisions about food, movement, sleep, routines, and blood sugar, often while trying to sort through conflicting advice and unrealistic expectations.

How Can I Live Well with Diabetes Every Day? was written to help make those decisions clearer, steadier, and more manageable.

Blending...

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What Does Living with Diabetes Look Like Over Time? : 42 Questions About Emotional Health, Complications, Travel, and Future Treatments; A Practical, Research-Informed ... (Diabetes Companion Series Book 4)

Living with diabetes isn’t just about numbers, food, or medication. Over time, it becomes a long-term balancing act involving emotions, health risks, relationships, travel, medical decisions, and uncertainty about the future.

In this fourth book of the Diabetes Companion Series, behavioral scientist and author Céleste Grimard explores the deeper...

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I’ve Got Diabetes, Now What?: 54 Questions About Getting Started with Diabetes, A Practical, Research-Informed Companion (Diabetes Companion Series Book 1)

A diabetes diagnosis can feel overwhelming. This book helps you get oriented.

When you’re first diagnosed with diabetes, information often comes in pieces: a conversation with a doctor, a pamphlet from a clinic, something you read online. Many people are left wondering how it all fits together.

I’ve Got Diabetes, Now What? was written to help...

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Packing Your Everyday Carry and Bug Out Bag

We’ve all heard about emergency preparedness, but what about prepping and Everyday Carry (EDC) and Bug Out Bags (BOB)? These increasingly common terms are all part of being prepared for life’s unexpected occurrences. YouTube is filled to the brim with videos describing what to pack in your EDC and BOB. This massive overload of information is...

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El ABC de la Incivilidad en el Trabajo

Una fábula de Draglícolas y Wowzers
Book #6 from the series: Incivility

¿Has experimentado o presenciado incivilidad en el trabajo? A través de una entretenida fábula, fácil de leer, con ilustraciones creativas, este libro te ofrece descripciones y consejos sencillos pero eficaces para gestionar comportamientos laborales no civilizados. Con décadas de experiencia práctica y científica, Grimard y Olivas-Luján...

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L’ABC de l’incivilité au travail

Un récit édifiant des Traînards et des Wowzers
Book #4 from the series: Incivility

Ce livre est une fable colorée à propos de personnages qui, chacun à leur façon, illustrent ce qu’il ne faut pas faire sur le lieu de travail. Les Wowzers, provenant d’une planète située dans le même univers, ont négocié une entente interplanétaire avec les Traînards pour récolter les cristaux de Zolto. Toutefois, les Traînards ne semblent pas...

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Êtes-vous un employé formidable ?

25 exercices et une foule de conseils pour le devenir

Que signifie être un employé formidable? En un mot (plus ou moins), les employés formidables se connaissent bien. Ils se gèrent et ils établissent des relations solides avec les gens autour d’eux. Ce sont d’excellents joueurs d’équipe qui encouragent les autres et qui prennent des initiatives pour améliorer les choses. Tous ces éléments sont...

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The ABC’s of Incivility at Work: A Cautionary Tale of Draggles and Wowzers (Incivility: Cautionary Tales of Draggles and Wowzers)

Book #5 from the series: Incivility

Are there any leaders on Planet Draggle? Wowzers have negotiated an interplanetary agreement with Draggles to harvest Zolto crystals, but Draggles don’t appear to be up to it. Draggles are an interesting assortment of characters who drag themselves to work (sometimes) and do anything but work once they get there. The ABC’s of Uncivil Behavior at...

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Life is beautiful!

A book of inspiration

Everyone needs a few words of encouragement every now and then - when we’re moving on to bigger and better things in life, when we’re going through tough times, or when we’re trying to get motivated to make changes. This book is great for so many reasons - gifts for going away, graduation, retirement, etc.; as a source of inspiration and...

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EMERGENCY RECORDS KIT

CHECKLISTS AND KEY INFORMATION SUMMARIES

In an emergency (fire/flood/death/incapacity/etc.), you don’t want to be looking all over the place for important documents and information – and neither do your loved ones. The checklists and key information summaries contained in this emergency records kit (binder) guide you in assembling the information and documents that you need to create...

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101 Exercises for Developing Your Leadership

This practical book offers you a cornucopia of exercises to help you on your journey towards becoming the leader of your dreams. In this book, you will find a wide variety of exercises offering challenges related to leadership. These challenges are opportunities to grow your skills in demanding situations, to adapt to those around you, and to...

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Awesome Employee Playbook

25 Exercises and Tons of Tips

If you want to become an awesome and amazingly fabulous employee, this book for you. If you’re already pretty awesome, that’s cool. At the very least, this book will give you a tune-up and help you tweak your awesomeness. What does being an awesome employee mean? In a nutshell, awesome employees know themselves, manage themselves, and build...

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The ABC’s of Uncivil Behavior in the Classroom: A Cautionary Tale of Draggles and Wowzers (Incivility: Cautionary Tales of Draggles and Wowzers)

Book #2 from the series: Incivility

Are there any leaders on Planet Draggle? Wowzers from a parallel universe were hoping to negotiate an interplanetary agreement with Draggles, but Draggles didn’t appear to be up to it. Their future leaders were an interesting assortment of characters who dragged themselves to Classroom and slacked off once they got there.

The ABC’s of uncivil...

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