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Resilience Resilience Elizabeth Edwards The bestselling author of Saving Graces shares her inspirational message on the challenges and blessings of coping with adversity.She's one of the most beloved political figures in the country, and o… OL10006W
When I married my mother When I married my mother Jo Maeder Jo Maeder was a not-so-young DJ on a decidedly youth-driven New York City radio station when a series of crises led her to do the unthinkable: move to North Carolina to care for her ailing, estranged… OL10032735W
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
Traveling light Traveling light Katrina Kittle "Travel light and you can sing in the robber's face" was the best advice Summer Zwolenick ever received from her father, though she didn't recognize it at the time. Three years after the accident tha… OL102621W
Oblivion Oblivion Peter Abrahams Nick Petrov was a world-famous private investigator -- until a brain trauma destroyed part of his memory and changed who he is forever.Now a killer is on the loose, looming up from a past that Nick c… OL102867W
Blood Work Blood Work Michael Connelly When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. Bu… OL111754W
Beijing coma Beijing coma Jian Ma Dai Wei lies in a coma after he was shot in the head at the Tiananmen Square protest ten years earlier. As the minute-by-minute chronicling of the lead-up to his shooting becomes even more intense, t… OL11240388W
A vow to cherish A vow to cherish Deborah Raney When his precious wife of thirty years received a devastating diagnosis, John Brighton's world fell apart. As his wife slipped from him day by day, his love was being tested as never before, and he f… OL114220W
Grace and grit Grace and grit Ken Wilber "Here is a new edition - with a new introduction - of the deeply moving account of the five-year journey of philosopher Ken Wilber and his wife, Treya Killam Wilber, through Treya's illness, treatmen… OL114267W
Strip search Strip search William Bernhardt She likes the sudden seconds of sheer terror. The neon dreams fit perfectly with the dreams that wake her up at night: about the man she loved and lost, about the constant temptations in her life, an… OL114361W
Dark eye Dark eye William Bernhardt Sometimes her eyes seduce. Sometimes they stare straight at the kind of sights most people turn away from. But in the blazing neon and searing sun of Las Vegas, she can't see the man who is watching … OL114368W
Cancer is a bitch Cancer is a bitch Gail Konop Baker "I want to be brave. I want to be big. I want to be gracious and cool. I want to be the Audrey Hepburn of cancer..." Gail Konop Baker was a runner, yoga practitioner, and lifelong subscriber to Preve… OL11914255W
Resilience Resilience Alonzo Mourning Resilience. It's not just the title of Alonzo Mourning's stirring memoir; it's the stuff he's made of. Whether petitioning himself into foster care as an eleven-year-old, tirelessly studying his way … OL11977353W
Ganti hati Ganti hati Dahlan Iskan Author's account as a recipient of liver transplantation in China. OL12036138W
Change in the weather Change in the weather Mark McEwen Mark McEwen's strokes were anything but sudden. His symptoms led him to a hospital, where he was misdiagnosed with the flu. Two days later, on an airplane flight just hours before he finally collapse… OL12047182W
Phineas Gage Phineas Gage John Fleischman,John Fleischman Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. A railroad construction foreman, Phineas was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his b… OL12119486W
Down Came the Rain Down Came the Rain Brooke Shields When Brooke Shields welcomed her newborn daughter, Rowan Francis, into the world, a crippling depression followed. In DOWN CAME THE RAIN, Brooke writes about the tribulations, depression, and, ultima… OL122553W
Clinician's guide to mental illness Clinician's guide to mental illness Ihsan M. Salloum,Dennis C. Daley,Dennis C Daley This book provides a comprehensive review of common adult mental disorders and substance use disorders. The chapters were written by teams of researchers and clinicians, thus providing an integration… OL12327056W
Conquering stroke Conquering stroke Valerie Greene "A true story of triumph over tragedy, this book is a must-have guide for anyone affected by stroke." --William S. Maxfield "Valerie Greene's courage, persistence, and willingness to search for th… OL12372741W
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
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