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Me Siento Gorda Me Siento Gorda Lorraine C. Ladish For many years she kept her eating disorder a secret: the lonely binge and purge cycles to avoid gaining an ounce. Despite her obvious variations in weight and size, the depressions and feelings of f… OL10251250W
Les anneaux de Bicêtre Les anneaux de Bicêtre Georges Simenon René Maugras, maître d'un empire de presse, se réveille à l'hôpital, hémiplégique, victime d'un accident cérébral lors d'un dîner d'affaires ... OL1242818W
Kennedys hjärna Kennedys hjärna Henning Mankell A fast paced international thriller - sure to delight fans starved of WallanderWhen archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues th… OL158659W
El mundo amarillo El mundo amarillo Albert Espinosa El mundo amarillo es un mundo fantástico que quiero compartir contigo. Es el mundo de los descubrimientos que hice durante los diez años que estuve enfermo de cáncer. Es curioso, pero la fuerza, la v… OL17914496W
Cancer Cancer Emma Barthe Cancer: mas alla de la enfermedad es un libro esperanzador que busca favorecer la recuperacion de la salud y el bienestar, y transformar la enfermedad en vida. OL17940237W
Tuesdays with Morrie Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir by American author Mitch Albom about a series of visits Albom made to his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz gradually dies of ALS. The book topp… OL1822313W
The 36-hour day The 36-hour day Nancy L. Mace,Peter V. Rabins,Nancy L Mace When someone in your family suffers from Alzheimer disease or other related memory loss diseases, both you and your loved one face immense challenges. For over thirty years, this book has been the tr… OL1976081W
Cada suspiro Cada suspiro Nicholas Sparks En la tradición romántica de El cuaderno de Noah y Noches de tormenta, el autor numero uno del New York Times, Nicholas Sparks, vuelve con una historia sobre un encuentro casual que se convierte en l… OL19764334W
Gabby Gabby Gabrielle D. Giffords An extraordinarily moving story of public service, risk-taking, romance and a remarkable journey towards recovery. OL19955768W
La Castañeda La Castañeda Cristina Rivera Garza "La Castañeda Insane Asylum is the first inside view of the workings of La Castañeda General Insane Asylum—a public mental health institution founded in Mexico City in 1910 only months before the out… OL22908360W
La luz de Miki Roqué La luz de Miki Roqué López, Juan Manuel (Journalist) "El 4 de marzo de 2011, a Miki Roqué le diagnosticaron un tumor maligno en la pelvis. Falleció casi 16 meses después, el 24 de junio de 2012, con sólo 23 años. Durante ese proceso delicado, repleto d… OL24276873W
Mañana viviré Mañana viviré Elizabeth Ligorría Mañana viviré, de Elizabeth Ligorría, es un relato conmovedor de anécdotas de vida y recomendaciones para la mujer contemporánea expuesta a los posibilidades de padecer cáncer de mama: sólo en Estado… OL24284437W
Раковый корпус Раковый корпус Александр Исаевич Солженицын 'There has been no such analysis of the corrupting power of the police state in Soviet literature'--Stuart Hood in the *Listener* Solzhenitsyn, like Oleg Kostoglotov, the central character of this… OL258366W
Gran Gran's Best Trick Gran Gran's Best Trick L. Dwight Holden,Dwight Holden A child recounts his special relationships with his grandfather and the difficulty of coping with his death from cancer. OL4777639W
Heartsongs Heartsongs Mattie J. T. Stepanek,Jose Maria Verger Fransay A new edition of the beloved poetry collection includes sixteen pages of new poems and illustrations, written by eleven-year-old muscular dystrophy patient Mattie Stepanek, sharing his feelings and t… OL5851519W