The Unlikely Celebrity : Bill Sackter's Triumph Over Disability
ISBN: 9780809321346 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thomas Walz tells the story of Bill Sackter, a man who spent nearly half a century in a Minnesota mental institution and emerged to blossom into a most unlikely celebrity. Bill Sackter was committed to the Faribault State Hospital at the age of seven, there to remain until he was in his fifties. At the time of his commitment, Bill s father had recently died; thus his sole contact with his family came through rare letters from his mother. Some years after his discharge from Faribault as a result of the movement to deinstitutionalize the mentally ill in the 1960s, Bill enjoyed a... Thomas Walz tells the story of Bill Sackter, a man who spent nearly half a century in a Minnesota mental institution and emerged to blossom into a ... |
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Light in My Darkness, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780877853985 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of "Time"'s women of the century, Helen Keller, reveals her mystical side in this best-selling spiritual autobiography. Writing that her first reading of Emanuel Swedenborg at age fourteen gave her truths that were "to my faculties what light, color and music are to the eye and ear," she explains how Swedenborg's works sustained her throughout her life. One of "Time"'s women of the century, Helen Keller, reveals her mystical side in this best-selling spiritual autobiography. Writing that her first ... |
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