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Soaring into Greatness: A Blind Woman's Vision to Live her Dreams and Fly
ISBN: 9781500994327 / Angielski / Miękka / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A beautiful story of someone who has overcome a physical handicap and changed it into a force that is an inspiration." - President Jimmy Carter Born ten weeks premature and requiring oxygen to survive, Gail Hamilton's first six weeks of life began within an incubator. Six months later, doctors discovered that Gail had retrolental fibroplasia (RLF), an eye condition caused by the infusion of 100% pure oxygen. By age eleven, she was completely blind. Soaring into Greatness follows Gail's story as her outer visual world merged with her inner vision, forcing her to listen with her inner voice,...
"A beautiful story of someone who has overcome a physical handicap and changed it into a force that is an inspiration." - President Jimmy Carter Born ...
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90,84 zł |
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Trusting Calvin: How a Dog Helped Heal a Holocaust Survivor's Heart
ISBN: 9780762782307 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Max Edelman was just 17 when the Nazis took him to the first of five work camps, where his only hope of survival was to keep quiet and raise an emotional shield. After witnessing a German Shepherd kill a fellow prisoner, he developed a lifelong fear of dogs. Beaten into blindness by two bored guards, Max survived, buried the past, and moved on. But when he retired, he needed help. After a month of training, he received Calvin, a devoted chocolate Labrador retriever. Calvin guided Max safely through life, but he sensed Max's distance and reserve. Calvin grew listless and lost weight. Trainers...
Max Edelman was just 17 when the Nazis took him to the first of five work camps, where his only hope of survival was to keep quiet and raise an emotio...
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54,55 zł |
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A Pony in the Bedroom: A Journey Through Asperger's, Assault, and Healing with Horses
ISBN: 9781849056090 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Susan Dunne's life changed forever when a chance question from a doctor led her back to horses, an unfulfilled childhood passion. Detached and isolated due to undiagnosed autism, Susan had already survived rape, battled eating disorders and self-harm, and spent time homeless, when her world was turned upside again by a vicious, life-threatening assault. Severe post-traumatic stress disorder left her feeling distrustful and more cut off than ever before from a world she saw as confusing and dangerous. But as Susan's connection with horses grew stronger, her world started to open up. Poignant...
Susan Dunne's life changed forever when a chance question from a doctor led her back to horses, an unfulfilled childhood passion. Detached and isolate...
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87,31 zł |
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Moins de souffle, plus de vie: Mon combat contre la mucoviscidose
ISBN: 9781502948243 / Francuski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Atteinte de mucoviscidose, maladie genetique incurable, Jeanne se bat depuis la naissance pour le simple fait de respirer. Malgre une esperance de vie reduite, elle est bien decidee a savourer pleinement chaque instant qui lui est donne de vivre. Dans ce recit autobiographique a plusieurs voix, Jessica Maetz nous expose ses joies et ses peines, ses doutes et ses espoirs. Elle nous demontre avec passion comment vivre intensement malgre une combinaison de genes malchanceuse. L'auteur s'implique aupres de l'association Vaincre la Mucoviscidose, a qui est reversee la moitie des droits d'auteur de...
Atteinte de mucoviscidose, maladie genetique incurable, Jeanne se bat depuis la naissance pour le simple fait de respirer. Malgre une esperance de vie...
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113,83 zł |
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Angel In Training - The Cindi Grace Story
ISBN: 9781502417091 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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38,66 zł |
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Trop jeune pour mourir
ISBN: 9781502821133 / Francuski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perrine Huon, dix-huit ans, etudiante, insouciante, pleine de vie. Un coup de fatigue et la nouvelle tombe: elle est atteinte de leucemie. Au stade gravissime qui exige une greffe de moelle osseuse... " L'histoire que Perrine vous raconte n'est pas pour vous faire pleurer," nous previent d'emblee Stephanie Fugain. C'est en effet toute l'originalite de ce recit denue de pathos, meme dans les moments d'enfer. Perrine Huon decrit l'hopital, les chimios, les perfs, sa calvitie avec un entrain feroce, celui d'une jeune fille qui ne veut pas laisser au monstre qui la ronge la moindre chance de la...
Perrine Huon, dix-huit ans, etudiante, insouciante, pleine de vie. Un coup de fatigue et la nouvelle tombe: elle est atteinte de leucemie. Au stade gr...
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34,06 zł |
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Special Love: A Gift in a Damaged Package
ISBN: 9781500523466 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before the days of Mainstreaming, Age Appropriate, and The Special Olympics, the Developmentally Disabled population was virtually ignored. People with Downs Syndrome were called "Mongoloids" and families were advised to put them in a home and try to forget they were born. This is one families' story about how love makes a difference. It is a tribute to a son and a brother who changed hearts and minds without saying a word. At times heartbreaking and hilarious this is a glimpse into 'the system' and the hearts and minds of administrators, and activists that will leave you questioning what...
Before the days of Mainstreaming, Age Appropriate, and The Special Olympics, the Developmentally Disabled population was virtually ignored. People wit...
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45,54 zł |
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Stern by Name, Stern by Nature
ISBN: 9781505249255 / Angielski / Miękka / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stern by Name, Stern by Nature is part-fiction, part-prose, part-poetry etc. with underlying coming-of-age themes such as a dealing with the reality of how society works and how one conforms or adapts themselves to it.
Stern by Name, Stern by Nature is part-fiction, part-prose, part-poetry etc. with underlying coming-of-age themes such as a dealing with the reality o...
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90,93 zł |
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Doug's Story
ISBN: 9781634173834 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Douglas James Fry enjoys sports; he is a NASCAR, American football, baseball, and professional-wrestling fan. He has met famous athletes and sports figures like Dale Earnhardt, Mark Brunell, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Andy Barkett, and more. Doug has also worked twenty plus years at Publix Supermarkets as a model employee, is an avid traveler who has been to countless cruises, a video game enthusiast, a wannabe sailor, a singer, dancer, and all-around showman. He has touched the lives of people who have been fortunate enough to have met and befriended him. Doug is also a high-functioning young man...
Douglas James Fry enjoys sports; he is a NASCAR, American football, baseball, and professional-wrestling fan. He has met famous athletes and sports fi...
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58,97 zł |
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Wisdom 23
ISBN: 9781505462241 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The memoir of A. Leigh Corbett chronicles how she overcame profound adversity while struggling with mental illness. Corbett experienced more deaths during the first twenty-three years of life than most could ever encounter during an entire lifetime. But Corbett found ways to give death meaning, and to live more positively because of it. After starting her education with profound learning disabilities that were initially ignored due to their complexity, Corbett taught herself to read by age ten and against all odds. She continued to triumph by publishing her first book at eighteen and just...
The memoir of A. Leigh Corbett chronicles how she overcame profound adversity while struggling with mental illness. Corbett experienced more deaths du...
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45,49 zł |
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Mommy...Move The Sun: Beyond Dire Prognosis, Joy Shines Through!
ISBN: 9780692316115 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mommy...Move The Sun is about overcoming struggles that range from terrifying to humorous, as Jeanie Gould and her family raise their severely disabled daughter, while learning many life lessons along the way. Experiencing Fear, pain, then amazing joy, the Goulds embark on their journey, raising the child that doctors said should die. Written with tears, laughter, and true stubborn grit, this is a love story about their daughter, Nikki, now age 27. The doctors were right about one thing, Nikki does have tuberous sclerosis, a rare disease. However, she has a lot more She has a family who...
Mommy...Move The Sun is about overcoming struggles that range from terrifying to humorous, as Jeanie Gould and her family raise their severely disable...
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68,25 zł |
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No Arms, No Legs, No Problem: When life happens, you can wish to die or choose to live
ISBN: 9780986305306 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. OTHERS WOULD QUIT. HE KEPT GOING. Bob Lujano captured the nation's attention in 1979 because of his mind blowing response to tragedy. For seventeen years, the headlines sounded the same no matter the year or the paper: ..".achieves goals despite disability...middle name is courage...gutsy kid beats odds..." Now for the first time, Bob chronicles his unbelievable journey from choosing life as a quad amputee, to winning a bronze medal at the Paralympics, co-starring in Murderball, and living a life full of gratitude and hope. By age nine, Bob had already seen the ugly side of life. His mom...
OTHERS WOULD QUIT. HE KEPT GOING. Bob Lujano captured the nation's attention in 1979 because of his mind blowing response to tragedy. For seventeen ye...
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68,25 zł |
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DNA is not Destiny: A Continuing Story of Hope of a Parkinson's Patient
ISBN: 9781499119060 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book tells the story of my struggle with Parkinson's disease. At 56, I received advice that I had early stage Parkinson's disease. At that time, I had no idea what the disease meant. My ignorance led me to take the diagnosis lightly - until I had great difficulty moving. My mobility was so impaired that I could not raise myself up on bed. I slept on a mattress spread on the floor. From then on, I was relentless in my resolve to fight the illness. I persisted in my search for a treatment that addressed the molecular mechanisms generating the disease - conventional wisdom notwithstanding....
The book tells the story of my struggle with Parkinson's disease. At 56, I received advice that I had early stage Parkinson's disease. At that time, I...
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45,49 zł |
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From the Womb to the Tomb: The Tony Lester Story - A Tale of Lies
ISBN: 9781503522442 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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154,76 zł |
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From the Womb to the Tomb: The Tony Lester Story - A Tale of Lies
ISBN: 9781503522459 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,15 zł |
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Love Sick: A Memoir of Schizophrenia and Love
ISBN: 9781505416527 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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224,85 zł |
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She's No Turnip
ISBN: 9781505445619 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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113,61 zł |
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Neverending Storm
ISBN: 9781505667196 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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36,38 zł |
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Gotta Find a Home: Conversations with Street People
ISBN: 9780993979903 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing about the homeless and helping the homeless, has given my life a purpose that it didn't have before. Documenting their stories will, I hope, introduce them to the public in a non-threatening way. Some panhandlers look intimidating, but that disappears when one sees them laugh. A typical day for me involves taking the bus and walking two blocks to work. I pass Joy's spot every day. I usually sit and talk with her for twenty to thirty minutes. Chester and Hippo may drop by to chat. Most afternoons, depending on weather, I walk two blocks to the park where the group of panhandlers varies...
Writing about the homeless and helping the homeless, has given my life a purpose that it didn't have before. Documenting their stories will, I hope, i...
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70,35 zł |
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Mental Illness, Stuttering and Gross Dysfunction: My Story, My Pain, My Survival
ISBN: 9781434929419 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "There are families that are dysfunctional with all small letters, others dysfunctional with a capital D, and then there are families that are dysfunctional with all capital letters, and this is your family." Growing up, the author's life was far from being perfect. With her parents' constant fighting (never knowing when it would start, but sure in the knowledge that it would), her older brother's indifference, her sister's bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorder, and her younger brothers' grossly disrespectful manners toward her (including their tendencies to do the wrong things), it's no...
"There are families that are dysfunctional with all small letters, others dysfunctional with a capital D, and then there are families that are dysfunc...
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34,69 zł |
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