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Where There's Hope
Healing, Moving Forward, and Never Giving Up
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Elizabeth Smart follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller (October 2013), My Story—about being held in captivity as a teenager, and how she managed to survive—with a powerful and inspiring book about what it takes to overcome trauma, find the strength to move on, and reclaim one’s life.
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by John Mosier
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
A modest and unassuming man, Grant never lost a battle, leading the Union to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War, ultimately becoming President of the reunited states. Grant revolutionized military warfare by creating new leadership tactics by integrating new technologies in classical...
The Harding Affair
Love and Espionage during the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Warren Harding fell in love with his beautiful neighbor, Carrie Phillips, in the summer of 1905, almost a decade before he was elected a United States Senator and fifteen years before he became the 29th President of the United States. When the two lovers started their long-term and torrid affair,...
I Believe in ZERO
Learning from the World's Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
First-hand, human stories of hope, resilience, determination, and family: a call to see the world's children as our own, by the President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF
In I Believe in ZERO, President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, an organization known for its decades of charity...
The Men We Became
My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
For over twenty years Robert Littell was John F. Kennedy Jr.'s closest confidant. Now, in a beautiful and moving memoir, Littell introduces us to the private John. A story of laughter and sorrow, joy and heartbreak, The Men We Became is an unforgettable memoir.
Rob Littell was a freshman at...
Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs
The Making of a Surgeon
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
It looked for a while like Michael Collins would spend his life breaking concrete and throwing rocks for the Vittorio Scalese Construction Company. He liked the work and he liked the pay. But a chance remark by one of his coworkers made him realize that he wanted to involve himself in something bigger,...
In Shock
My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
**A riveting first-hand account of a physician who's suddenly a dying patient, In Shock "searches for a glimmer of hope in life’s darkest moments, and finds it.” —The Washington Post
Dr. Rana Awdish never imagined that an emergency trip to the hospital would result in hemorrhaging...
The Nocturnal Brain
Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
A renowned neurologist shares the true stories of people unable to get a good night’s rest in The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep, a fascinating exploration of the symptoms and syndromes behind sleep disorders.
For Dr. Guy Leschziner’s patients,...
How We Do Harm
A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
How We Do Harm exposes the underbelly of healthcare today—the overtreatment of the rich, the under treatment of the poor, the financial conflicts of interest that determine the care that physicians' provide, insurance companies that don't demand the best (or even the least expensive) care, and pharmaceutical...
Divided Minds
Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2006
A riveting true story of sisters who were identical, until the voices began
Growing up in the fifties, Carolyn Spiro was always in the shadow of her more intellectually dominant and socially outgoing twin, Pamela. But as the twins approached adolescence, Pamela began to suffer the initial symptoms...
by Kitty Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Kitty Ferguson, the award-winning and international bestselling author of Stephen Hawking’s biography, presents an even deeper portrait of the legendary physicist’s life and scientific theories.
This updated edition of Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind looks at one of the most remarkable...
Growing Up Again
Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
With generosity of spirit, ebullience, and sly humor, Mary Tyler Moore presents the intensely private, often funny, and sometimes startling story of her life with diabetes. Growing Up Again is a delightfully candid read for her legion of fans, the more than 20 million Americans with diabetes, and...
A Smile as Big as the Moon
A Special Education Teacher, His Class, and Their Inspiring Journey Through U.S. Space Camp
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Besides being a football coach at his Michigan High School, Mike
Kersjes taught special education classes, dealing with children whose disabilities included Tourette syndrome, Downs Syndrome, dyslexia, eating disorders and a variety of emotional problems.
One autumn Kersjes got the outlandish...
Hot Lights, Cold Steel
Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success, in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the famed...