ilość książek w kategorii: 1745
The Final Shunning
ISBN: 9781500809317 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story captures two young identical twin sisters and their desperate struggle to fit in at an All-Girl Private Catholic School and community in which they are discriminated. Each sister is discriminated for similar reasons. One sister is discriminated for her sexual orientation and both sisters are discriminated on the basis of their mental health status. The girls are shunned by their community and must continue to struggle to find acceptance in society. This story contains a memoir which is a true account of two identical twin sisters' story of trying to find acceptance in a world of...
The story captures two young identical twin sisters and their desperate struggle to fit in at an All-Girl Private Catholic School and community in whi...
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24,26 zł |
Pangaea: Confessions of an Erstwhile Mermaid: My Journey Through Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder
ISBN: 9781483908557 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,10 zł |
Vacation from Strokes, Alzheimer?s, and Diabetes (S.A.D.): Vacation from Strokes, Alzheimer's, and Diabetes (S.A.D.)
ISBN: 9781501043970 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book is about a couple which is under extreme pressure to maintain a normal life despite the ravages of the diseases: diabetes, Alzheimer's, four bouts of strokes, and congestive heart failure, which have befallen the author's wife. The story is ongoing as the author's wife is still resisting the diseases. The book has only two main characters, the author and his wife. The author, acting as caregiver to his wife, is implementing his mission which is to provide his wife the utmost health care and affordable conveniences while she is still able to appreciate the physical aspects of... The book is about a couple which is under extreme pressure to maintain a normal life despite the ravages of the diseases: diabetes, Alzheimer's, fo... |
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54,11 zł |
Dear Oprah
ISBN: 9781940121048 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Ali Ansari and his family visited the U.S. for a consultation with a specialist they were not prepared for an indefinite stay. Supporting a family, adjusting to a new culture and society, and giving full time care to an autistic son could have undone any parent-but not Ali. Despite his background as a pilot, Ali takes on a string of menial jobs to have the flexibility to give his full attention to his son. The grueling and often humiliating process is sweetened by his three sources of comfort and inspiration-his son, his dog, and Oprah on TV. In Dear Oprah, the ever resourceful and...
When Ali Ansari and his family visited the U.S. for a consultation with a specialist they were not prepared for an indefinite stay. Supporting a famil...
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67,34 zł |
The Three Percenters: A Family's Fight for Survival with Inspiration and Hope for the Future
ISBN: 9781629526041 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In life's journey, we are sometimes blessed to know someone that makes us a better person; Eric Lock was that special friend/ football teammate in my own life. I am a better son and brother, a better husband and father, and a better physician and surgeon for the times I shared with Eric. His spirit, determination and childlike enthusiasm continues in the lives of those he touched. - Enrico Stazzone, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgeon & Sports Medicine Before our son Eric's catastrophic wrestling accident on December 11, 1980, the Lock's were an average family who lived in Glendale, Arizona. Vern taught...
In life's journey, we are sometimes blessed to know someone that makes us a better person; Eric Lock was that special friend/ football teammate in my ...
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58,58 zł |
Mobility Matters: Stepping Out in Faith
ISBN: 9781503125988 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amy Bovaird suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa, a hereditary eye disease that progressively steals her vision. Unwilling to accept that she is truly losing her eyesight, Amy resists when the Bureau of Blindness schedules a mobility specialist to train her to use a white cane. Mobility Matters: Stepping Out in Faith chronicles a partnership between Bovaird and her blind instructor as she begins to navigate using a whole new system of "seeing." Will her faith prove strong enough to allow her to move forward and accept herself as she is?
Amy Bovaird suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa, a hereditary eye disease that progressively steals her vision. Unwilling to accept that she is truly lo...
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81,12 zł |
What the **** is Normal?!
ISBN: 9780753555354 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "It is honest and refreshing but most of all it is bloody funny. What the **** is normal anyway?" --"Daily Telegraph"
If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for a mental breakdown, and women over size zero are encouraged to shoot themselves (immediately), what the hell do you do if you're, gasp ... DISABLED? Whatever body you're born into, the pressure to be normal is everywhere. But have you ever met a normal person? What do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat for breakfast? And what the **** does normal mean anyway? This... "It is honest and refreshing but most of all it is bloody funny. What the **** is normal anyway?" --"Daily Telegraph"
If you grow up in a world whe... |
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53,39 zł |
On My Own Two Feet: From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life
ISBN: 9780062379108 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder. In this poignant and uplifting memoir, Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience, she saw three... Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of he... |
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85,85 zł |
Stumbling in Flats
ISBN: 9780992608866 / Angielski / Miękka / 403 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a foreword by Janis H. Winehouse. Short-listed for The International Rubery Book Award 2015. If Bridget Jones had MS, this would be her diary - The MS Society. The value of the Stumbling in Flats blog ... it opens so many avenues of support and understanding, not only to the sufferer, but to the family, the friends ... so that they will understand what it's like to walk through treacle - Janis H. Winehouse. Social media is an increasingly important way for people affected by MS to get support, information and inspiration. Barbara's writing offers all of this plus a... With a foreword by Janis H. Winehouse. Short-listed for The International Rubery Book Award 2015. If Bridget Jones had MS, this would be he... |
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67,64 zł |
Disarmed: An Exceptional Journey
ISBN: 9781628800630 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Ginger Manley boarded a train from Innsbruck to Zurich in the summer of 1967, she had no idea of the adventure she was about to embark upon. Beside the railroad track in Feldkirch, Austria, Ginger, a registered nurse on the lam from a year of intensive trauma nursing, met John, an ex-fighter pilot and service-related arm amputee--and immediately disliked him. Two months later they married in what seemed a fairy-tale story but no happily-ever-after occurred for many years hence. Now at almost fifty years into their marriage, Ginger offers a sometimes stark and often humorous look into a...
When Ginger Manley boarded a train from Innsbruck to Zurich in the summer of 1967, she had no idea of the adventure she was about to embark upon. Besi...
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55,62 zł |
Lyrical Mysteries
ISBN: 9781503237018 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "The PASEFIKA Beat," he captured the rhythms of island living with tropical imagery and a carefree flow. Now, the top-rated poet Jamztoma returns with a new collection that showcases a more personal side of the author's life-including his own harrowing struggles with introversion, mental illness, and the stresses of everyday life. Divided into four sections titled "Hopeful," "Sorrowful," "Evil," and "Joyful," the collection begins with a look at the high school-aged Jamztoma, then living in American Samoa, who spends his days dreaming of a new life and a brighter future in the United... In "The PASEFIKA Beat," he captured the rhythms of island living with tropical imagery and a carefree flow. Now, the top-rated poet Jamztoma return... |
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38,33 zł |
The Sea is Wide: A Memoir of Caregiving
ISBN: 9780986446900 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Rundy Purdy was twenty-four he began caring for his grandfather who was sick with Alzheimer's. This started a three year battle against inevitable decline, a journey across confused days and long nights. With compassion, hope, and a strong dose of gritty realism, The Sea is Wide: A Memoir of Caregiving tells the story of how a grandfather and his grandson crossed the wide sea of Alzheimer's. It is a tale of losses, but even more of things found in spite of what is lost. It is about giving bedtime stories, hugs, and a lot of coffee. It is a story of laughter even in the presence of...
When Rundy Purdy was twenty-four he began caring for his grandfather who was sick with Alzheimer's. This started a three year battle against inevitabl...
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95,96 zł |
Will & I: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780374290283 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clay Byars was recovering at home from a near-fatal car crash when he suffered a massive stroke. He was just eighteen years old. He awoke, back in the hospital, and was told he would be paralyzed from the eyes down for the rest of his life. Determined to defy the odds, Clay quickly and miraculously began to recover his mobility but discovered just how different his life would be--a disparity embodied by his identical twin brother, Will. As Will went on to graduate from college, marry, and start a family, Clay carved out a unique existence, doing the seemingly impossible by living on... Clay Byars was recovering at home from a near-fatal car crash when he suffered a massive stroke. He was just eighteen years old. He awoke, back in ... |
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68,71 zł |
It's Not Special: a 32 year journey in Special Education
ISBN: 9780692409473 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a special educations teacher's story of 32 years in the classroom, from the woods of New Hampshire, the shores of Hawaii, the poor neighborhoods in Oakland, and to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. He was a teacher, runner, and world traveler.
This book is a special educations teacher's story of 32 years in the classroom, from the woods of New Hampshire, the shores of Hawaii, the poor neighb...
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49,37 zł |
Falling Into the Rhythm of Life: Life Lessons Straight from the Horse's Mouth
ISBN: 9781614488354 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In every tragedy there is the ability to heal and rise above the challenge. In Falling into the Rhythm of Life, author Sharon Campbell-Rayment leads readers through her personal story of a devastating accident and her path to healing and recovery. She also provides readers with helpful lessons, tips and techniques called Life Lessons Straight From the Horse's Mouth written to equip readers on their own journeys."
In every tragedy there is the ability to heal and rise above the challenge. In Falling into the Rhythm of Life, author Sharon Campbell-Raymen...
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77,09 zł |
Tomas Young's War
ISBN: 9781608465910 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tomas Young s War is the tragic yet life affirming story of a paralyzed Iraq War veteran who spent his last ten years battling heroically with his injuries, while courageously speaking against America's wars.
Based on hours of interviews with Young and those close to him, the book puts the reader alongside Young as he struggles with life as a paralyzed veteran, suffering frustration and humiliation as he attempts to reenter society and resume as normal an existence as possible. It shows his fight to balance his precarious health with his drive to speak out for veterans care and... Tomas Young s War is the tragic yet life affirming story of a paralyzed Iraq War veteran who spent his last ten years battling heroically with ...
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203,09 zł |
Tomas Young's War
ISBN: 9781608466504 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tomas Young s War is the tragic yet life affirming story of a paralyzed Iraq War veteran who spent his last ten years battling heroically with his injuries, while courageously speaking against America's wars.
Based on hours of interviews with Young and those close to him, the book puts the reader alongside Young as he struggles with life as a paralyzed veteran, suffering frustration and humiliation as he attempts to reenter society and resume as normal an existence as possible. It shows his fight to balance his precarious health with his drive to speak out for veterans care and... Tomas Young s War is the tragic yet life affirming story of a paralyzed Iraq War veteran who spent his last ten years battling heroically with ...
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90,80 zł |
And No Birds Sing
ISBN: 9781563686689 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1931, this memoir offers an unflinching look at the life of a deaf woman struggling with poverty and isolation in the bohemian enclave of Greenwich Village. In harrowing yet lyrical prose, Pauline Leader recounts her experience growing up as the daughter of Jewish immigrants in a small New England mill town. Born in 1908, Leader was exposed to frequent verbal and physical abuse. She became deaf at the age of 12, following a long illness. As a teenager, she ran away to New York City, where she found work in factories and sweatshops, and spent time in a home for "wayward...
Originally published in 1931, this memoir offers an unflinching look at the life of a deaf woman struggling with poverty and isolation in the bohemian...
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138,96 zł |
Fire in My Eyes: An American Warrior's Journey from Being Blinded on the Battlefield to Gold Medal Victory
ISBN: 9780306825149 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I am not going to let my blindness build a brick wall around me. I'd give my eyes one hundred times again to have the chance to do what I have done, and what I can still do."-Brad Snyder speaking with First Lady Michelle Obama On the night Osama bin Laden was killed, US Navy Lieutenant Brad Snyder was serving in Afghanistan as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer with SEAL Team Ten. When he learned of SEAL Team Six's heroics across the Pakistani border, Brad was thankful. Still, he knew that his dangerous combat deployment would continue. Less than five months later, Brad was...
"I am not going to let my blindness build a brick wall around me. I'd give my eyes one hundred times again to have the chance to do what I have done, ...
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154,60 zł |
Broken Beyond Repair
ISBN: 9781498460293 / Angielski / Miękka / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. About the Author Timothy (Tim) Parker is 41-years-old as of the publishing of this book in 2016 and works full-time as a Payroll Supervisor for a small company in Covington, KY (A suburb of Cincinnati). I have been married happily since 2002 to the best wife a man could ask for Maureen Parker. I live with my wife and 4 cats in a small apartment on Cincinnati's east side. This is my first endeavor writing a book and have planned at least two more works for the future. As of the writing of this book I have no children but have been blessed with 8 nieces and 4 nephews on both sides of the...
About the Author Timothy (Tim) Parker is 41-years-old as of the publishing of this book in 2016 and works full-time as a Payroll Supervisor for a smal...
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115,38 zł |