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The monster variations
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Daniel Kraus |
This fast-paced read will keep readers on the edge of their seats!Someone is killing boys in a small town. The murder weapon is a truck, and the only protection is a curfew enacted to keep kids off t… |
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Alfred and Emily
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Doris Lessing |
I think my father's rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has never left me. Do children feel their parents' emotions? Yes, we do, and it is a legacy I could have done without… |
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Blade Runner
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Oscar Pistorius |
THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF THE FIRST PARALYMPIAN TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES: FOR LANCE ARMSTRONG IT WASN'T ABOUT THE BIKE; FOR OSCAR PISTORIUS IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LEGSAt eleven months old, Oscar… |
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The returning
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Christine Hinwood |
When the six-year war between the Uplanders and Downlanders is over and Cam returns home to his village, questions dog him, from how he lost an arm to why he was the only one of his fellow soldiers t… |
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Soul Surfer
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Bethany Hamilton |
Soul Surfer is a moving account of Bethany’s life as a young surfer, her recovery after the attack, the adjustments she’s made to her unique surfing style, her unprecedented bid for a top showing in … |
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The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
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Stephanie Oakes |
The Kevinian Cult has taken everything from seventeen-year-old Minnow: twelve years of her life, her family, her ability to trust.
And when she rebelled, they took away her hands, too.
Now their Pr… |
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Stronger
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Jeff Bauman |
A survivor of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, who helped to set off one of the biggest manhunts in the country's history, discusses his experiences that day and his ongoing mission to walk again af… |
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Blade runner
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Oscar Pistorius |
Oscar Pistorius is a world-renowned athlete holding two Paralympic world records for the 100m and 200m. This title charts the extraordinary development of one of the most gifted sportsmen and inspira… |
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Storm
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Rick Bundschuh |
Bethany helps a young family lost on the Hanakapiai Trail. As Bethany's youth group struggles to raise funds for a mission trip, her small act of kindness blesses them all. |
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Family reminders
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Julie Danneberg |
In 1890s Cripple Creek, Colorado, when young Mary McHugh's father loses his leg in a mining accident, she tries to help, both by earning money and by encouraging her father to go back to carving wood… |
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A forgotten place
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Charles Todd |
"The fighting has ended, the Armistice signed, but the war has left wounds that are still agonizingly raw. Battlefield Nurse Bess Crawford has been assigned to a clinic for amputees, and the Welsh pa… |
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Just a kiss
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Denise Hunter |
"Riley Callahan's plans to reveal his secret feelings for his best friend are ruined when his life is drastically altered in Afghanistan ... Watching the love of his life falling for his brother was … |
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Carried by angels
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Phillip Hatfield |
This inspiring story is about angels coming and going when least expected. It is about triumph over a terrible tragedy and living a new life with purpose and passion as an amputee and dis-abled man. … |
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Life is a bumpy road
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Tony Albano |
Has your life gone smoothly - or have you hit a bump (or ten) along the way? You need to hear about Tony AIbano's life. In 28 short stories about his road, Tony will make you smile - even laugh - and… |
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A test of will
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Warren Macdonald |
The inspiration behind The Discovery Channels I Shouldn't be Alive - Trapped under a Boulder episode. A gripping tale of profound courage, strength of spirit and sheer tenacity in the face of overwhe… |
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You're Not Alone
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Scott Sabolich,John Sabolich |
Your're Not Alone is a valuable resource of prosthetic information and the powerful stories of 38 amputees. They share their gut-level feelings about the physical and emotional pain, as well as the c… |
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Junior's Leg
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Ken Wells |
"Wells shows his range by taking us into the mind and life of Meely's arch-nemesis, the schoolyard bully Junior Guidry. We catch up with Junior a dozen years later, living broke, drunk, and one-legge… |
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Slow Man
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J. M. Coetzee |
A masterful new novel from one of the greatest writers alive.
Paul Rayment is on the threshold of a comfortable old age when a calamitous cycling accident results in the amputation of a leg. Humil… |
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The One Where the Kid Nearly Jumps to His Death and Lands in California
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Mary Hershey |
"Mom didn't think it was funny when I took off my leg at school, put it in my locker, and then tied a rag around my stump with fake blood on it. After that, though, the kids at school pretty much kne… |
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The Amputee's Guide to Sex
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Jillian Weise |
xvii, 91 pages ; 21 cm |
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