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Born For This: From Disability to Destiny
ISBN: 9781505351576 / Angielski / Miękka / 588 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1973, a young couple was told by their doctor that their newborn daughter had Down syndrome. He said that she would probably never walk or talk, and he advised them to put her in an institution and to get on with their lives. They ignored his advice. Not only did Windy Smith learn to walk and talk, she's walked into the Oval Office on several occasions to meet with the President of the United States. She's talked to over 38 million people on national TV, and she's competed in the International Special Olympics Games. This is the story of a remarkable young woman's life, over several...
In 1973, a young couple was told by their doctor that their newborn daughter had Down syndrome. He said that she would probably never walk or talk, an...
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Humpty-Dumpty Sister
ISBN: 9781507828403 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Humpty-Dumpty Sister is my attempt to give voice to my sister's life and death with schizophrenia. When I was fourteen and on my way to school early one day, the doorbell rang in our NYC apartment. There stood my seventeen-year old sister, Charmion, her stockings fallen to her knees, her dress crumpled, and tears pouring out of her eyes. She begged not to have to go to school. Our mother enfolded Charmion into her arms, hushed her and whispered to me: "Go to school. She'll be all right." But she was not all right; ever again. She had taken her first fall into paranoid schizophrenia, becoming...
Humpty-Dumpty Sister is my attempt to give voice to my sister's life and death with schizophrenia. When I was fourteen and on my way to school early o...
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Love & Justice: A Compelling True Story Of Triumph Over Tragedy
ISBN: 9780993092237 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the age of 29, Diana Hill fell under a London train. In 7 seconds the tall, glamorous businesswoman went from busy woman of the world with everything to live for to double-leg-amputee, her life in ruins. Then it got worse. A few days after her accident, as she lay in hospital, traumatised and heavily sedated, she learnt via a newspaper article that the railway's Transport Police were to interview "The Fall Girl," as the Press had labelled her, with a view to prosecution. She had boarded a moving train, they said, and trespassed onto their railway line. Her fight for justice took five... At the age of 29, Diana Hill fell under a London train. In 7 seconds the tall, glamorous businesswoman went from busy woman of the world with every... |
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My Path To Heaven On Earth
ISBN: 9781498431637 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bill Clarke suffered a stroke in 2005 that resulted in serious brain damage and left him paralyzed on the left side. Due to the stroke he lost his executive position with a major drug chain and eventually lost all his wealth including two homes. They say God opens a window when a door closes. He joined a bible study group at his church and found that God had given him a new gift of interpreting scripture. This led to his discovery of his KEYS TO H.O.P.E. that helped in deal with the blows life had sent him. This would be a good book for anyone facing hardships to read, but especially stroke...
Bill Clarke suffered a stroke in 2005 that resulted in serious brain damage and left him paralyzed on the left side. Due to the stroke he lost his exe...
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That Thing Called Hope
ISBN: 9781498431835 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carrie is heartbroken when she is diagnosed with a mental disorder. A short time later, she comes to realize that all three of her boys have Asperger's and Autism. Feeling overwhelmed, Carrie looks to the Lord for guidance as she finds solutions to the challenges that must be faced. Carrie and her husband learn to take one day at a time as they deal with their boys hyperactivity, temper tantrums, and judgement from others. There are also trials with jobs, friends, and even social workers, but then, there are the joys and laughter too. This mom comes to see her boys smartness and hidden...
Carrie is heartbroken when she is diagnosed with a mental disorder. A short time later, she comes to realize that all three of her boys have Asperger'...
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My Journey With Multiple Sclerosis: It Scared The Hell Out of Me
ISBN: 9781508648420 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 30 years with Multiple Sclerosis is not a journey I ever imagined I would take. But the struggle has taught me much about myself. It would have been so easy to adopt the attitude of, "why me?" and plunge into the depths of despair. But that would be the same as giving up on myself. And I still had much to do and much more to learn about the disease and myself. There were many challenges along the way. I had to find the strength within myself to keep active and to stay positive. I rely on friends and my caregiver, my husband, who is also my best friend and supporter. I am very blessed.
Over 30 years with Multiple Sclerosis is not a journey I ever imagined I would take. But the struggle has taught me much about myself. It would have b...
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What If Nobody Finds Out Who I Am?
ISBN: 9781512128277 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Don't call me inspiring. Just call me a woman with athetoid cerebral palsy. My muscles don't function properly, but that doesn't mean I can't play a guitar. My speech might be difficult to understand, but it doesn't mean I have lesser intellect. My disability doesn't define me; it never will. What does define me is my love for my family and friends, my passion to compose incredible music, and my fire to have a place in this world to create change where the collective population will some day people with disabilities as people who are just people who bodies and minds are unique. This is my...
Don't call me inspiring. Just call me a woman with athetoid cerebral palsy. My muscles don't function properly, but that doesn't mean I can't play a g...
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Experiencing and Overcoming Schizoaffective Disorder: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781512144369 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this powerful memoir, Oxford Medical Journals Contributor and Good Men's Project Columnist Steve Colori courageously articulates his experience of facing and overcoming schizoaffective disorder. His personal narrative gives readers insight into the true nature of the illness, providing a lucid description of symptoms such as hallucinations, paranoia, OCD, suicidal thoughts, bipolar disorder, mania, insomnia, family issues, and social dysfunction. Colori explains how he worked through all these symptoms and resolved them. He tells the reader why, at one point, he decided to stop taking...
In this powerful memoir, Oxford Medical Journals Contributor and Good Men's Project Columnist Steve Colori courageously articulates his experience of ...
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72,00 |
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Little Lionheart
ISBN: 9781507596586 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christopher was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Only the right two chambers of his heart would ever function. He needed a series of open-heart surgeries in order to survive--the first of which was endured when he was four days old. His strength and spirit have inspired many.
Christopher was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Only the right two chambers of his heart would ever function. He needed a series of open-he...
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Ketchup Is My Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows Up with Autism
ISBN: 9781849057158 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do you create an ordinary family life, while dealing with the extraordinary needs of an autistic child? Meet Mickey - charming, funny, compassionate, and autistic. In this unflinching portrait of family life, Liane Kupferberg Carter gives us a mother's insight into what really goes on in the two decades after diagnosis. From the double-blow of a subsequent epilepsy diagnosis, to bullying and Bar Mitzvahs, Mickey's struggles and triumphs along the road to adulthood are honestly detailed to show how one family learned to grow and thrive with autism.
How do you create an ordinary family life, while dealing with the extraordinary needs of an autistic child? Meet Mickey - charming, funny, compassiona...
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Endopocalypse: It won't kill you, but it will make you wish you were dead.
ISBN: 9781516811182 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Endometriosis won't kill you, but it will make you wish you were dead. There really isn't a single aspect of your life that won't be affected by this disease: your health, your relationships, your work, and your emotions. This book accounts one woman's year long journey through symptoms, diagnosis, doctors and "treatment." You will laugh and you will cry. Buckle up and enjoy the ride
Endometriosis won't kill you, but it will make you wish you were dead. There really isn't a single aspect of your life that won't be affected by this ...
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...and the ship sank: The true story of a charity's buoyant venture into uncharted waters.
ISBN: 9781512153323 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2000 Helen Milligan had a dream. Using all her previous experience she founded a charity to provide services for local people with learning disabilities. With a lot of hard work she made her vision a reality, and set off on what turned out to be a voyage of sometimes not so welcome discoveries. The seas, so smooth in harbour, eventually proved too rough for her cherished ship, her crew mutinied, and the ship sank. This book is the story of people and places, help and hindrances, and starts and ends. It's an honest and absorbing account of how to cope with grace and optimism when a dream...
In 2000 Helen Milligan had a dream. Using all her previous experience she founded a charity to provide services for local people with learning disabil...
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Breaking the Silence: Death of a Superwoman: My Battle with Sjogrens Syndrome and Chronic Illness
ISBN: 9781515056034 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A self-professed "superwoman" shares her story of suffering in solitude while battling a still little known disease, "Sjogrens Syndrome" in "Breaking the Silence: Death of a Superwoman." This book gives an inside, up-close and personal view of Ayanna's experience with this illness and the ultimate price she paid. It is her hope that she can encourage others who may have lost hope and to remind them that they are not alone.
A self-professed "superwoman" shares her story of suffering in solitude while battling a still little known disease, "Sjogrens Syndrome" in "Breaking ...
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Ed Roberts: Wheelchair Genius
ISBN: 9781931145060 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Middle grade biography of late 20th century American disability rights pioneer and activist, Ed Roberts.
Middle grade biography of late 20th century American disability rights pioneer and activist, Ed Roberts.
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PTSD and the UNDEFEATED ME: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780692480960 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. PTSD AND THE UNDEFEATED ME is the account of the life of SHEILA KAY, a wife and mother whose pleasant existence was completely shattered one early summer due to an unexpected tragedy. In the following months, strange and dangerous thoughts and behaviors make her question her sanity. Eventually, as a result of the devastating horror and loss, she is diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In this revealing memoir, Ms. Kay offers readers an up close look at her life voyage, up to and including her present day challenges and successes. Sheila Kay openly shares her initial denial of the...
PTSD AND THE UNDEFEATED ME is the account of the life of SHEILA KAY, a wife and mother whose pleasant existence was completely shattered one early sum...
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Duke the dog who saved my life
ISBN: 9781516879489 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is about Duke a service dog who help an disable veteran to heal his soul and is nominated for 2015 good reader choice award for 2015 for Memoir and Autobiography
This is about Duke a service dog who help an disable veteran to heal his soul and is nominated for 2015 good reader choice award for 2015 for Memoir a...
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The Prejudged
ISBN: 9781910176788 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This autobiographical account records events that unfolded during the particularly dynamic cultural revolution of the fifties, sixties and early seventies. This was the post-war era when the Church slowly began to lose its influence over the day-to-day life of ordinary folk. Furthermore, Dr Spock's ideas about childcare began to encourage parents to be less rigid and more affectionate with their children and to treat them as individuals. This contrasted with the authoritarian style of parenting which had hitherto demanded absolute obedience and offered little, if any, affection. Such...
This autobiographical account records events that unfolded during the particularly dynamic cultural revolution of the fifties, sixties and early seven...
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Bound to Love: a memoir of grit and gratitude
ISBN: 9780977948321 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bound to Love is the true story of a single mother who encountered and navigated a complicated nightmare for any parent. My child, the only child I could ever bear-was born with a life-threatening congenital heart defect, and suffered a more brutal health diagnosis soon after. Walk with me as I birth the courage and grit to meet Thom's compounding challenges.
Bound to Love is the true story of a single mother who encountered and navigated a complicated nightmare for any parent. My child, the only child I co...
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That Your Faith May Not Fail
ISBN: 9781498445719 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "That Your Faith May Not Fail is a poignant . . . account of God's faithfulness in the midst of serious struggle. In an inspiring and profoundly stirring way, Selah Helms offers great wisdom and guidance to help us in the midst of life's most difficult setbacks. Highly recommended " -David S. Dockery, Ph.D, President Trinity International University "That Your Faith May Not Fail is a book about many things: a son who loved the Lord and was a blessing to be around before and after his tragic accident, the precious sanctity of life, the sustained grace of God, the hope of heaven, the prayers of...
"That Your Faith May Not Fail is a poignant . . . account of God's faithfulness in the midst of serious struggle. In an inspiring and profoundly stirr...
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Further Than Yesterday: That's All That Counts
ISBN: 9781514661963 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Further Than Yesterday documents the result of a split second, a single moment. The time it took to make a decision that changed a Naval Aviator's life and sent him down a path he never imagined. That path lead to a personal hell that tried to claim his life during a horrible journey struggling with the complexities of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Fortunately, the decision to continue was made, helped by one courageous four-legged service dog. Follow the descent into hell and then The Long Walk to Sanity and the service dog program called "Paws Fur Thought." One Yellow Lab named...
Further Than Yesterday documents the result of a split second, a single moment. The time it took to make a decision that changed a Naval Aviator's lif...
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