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Uncommon will : the death and life of Sue Rodriguez
By Lisa Hobbs Birnie, Sue Rodriguez. 1994
Written in collaboration with Sue Rodriguez and published soon after her death in February 1994, "Uncommon will" chronicles the years…
following Rodriguez's diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Birnie covers Rodriguez's legal battles for assisted suicide, and the physical and private torment she suffered before her death. c1994.When I was thirteen
By Mary. Pseud McKenzie. 1979
This diary of a young girl in pioneer Ontario was written in 1897-1898 and published in a rural paper 20…
years later. Mary McKenzie is the pseudonym of Christina Young, daughter of John and Emma (Dawson) Young. 1979.Voice of the pioneer: more first-person accounts from CBC's best-loved radio program
By Bill McNeil. 1984
Two lives: an autobiography of one man's two lives
By Peter Marshall. 1963
The story of my life
By Helen Keller. 1988
At the age of 20, deaf/blind Helen Keller wrote this account of her education, which turned a neglected, ignorant child…
into a thinking, responsive person. Followed by "Midstream : my later life". (Reissue). 1998.The silence of the North
By Olive A Fredrickson, Ben East. 1972
In 1920, Olive Fredrickson married a trapper. She relates their many hardships: loneliness, near-starvation, and winter life in a primitive…
cabin. When her husband died, Olive was left with three children and a farm to manage. c1972.The village blacksmith
By Aldren Auld Watson. 1968
A look into the bygone world of the old New England blacksmith. He shod horses, built wagons, buggies, sleds, and…
agricultural tools, and repaired harnesses. The author reveals the great variety of objects made from iron as well as how they were used. 1968.The three faces of Eve
By Corbett H Thigpen, Hervey M Cleckley. 1957
Case study of multiple personalities by the two psychiatrists who treated a patient they called Eve White, Eve Black, and…
Jane to differentiate between her three distinct personalities: pure and saintly; coarse and seductive; and poised and mature. 1957.The legend of Grizzly Adams, California's greatest mountain man (Vintage West series)
By Richard H Dillon. 1966
In 1837, at the age of 37, John Adams left Massachusetts for California where he hunted bear and other wildlife.…
He gradually assembled a menagerie of animals and exhibited them in San Francisco during the 1850s. Even with the facts separated from the legend, Adams continues to stand out as a bold and fearless man. 1966.The Oregon Trail
By Francis Parkman, Edith Goodkind Rosenwald, Mason Wade, Maynard Dixon. 1978
An account of the author's experiences during the early days of the West. He writes of big game hunts, encounters…
with Indians, and camp life on the trail. First published in 1849. 1978.The mighty land
By Cliff Farrell. 1975
Roundup of anecdotes, legends, and historical facts of the Old West by a Western novelist. Colorful portrayal of the trail…
blazers, the Indians, and bandits and the peacemakers, the railroad men and the ranchers. 1975.The generous years: remembrances of a frontier boyhood
By Chet Huntley. 1968
The well-known television commentator recalls his boyhood in Montana before the depression - the one-room schoolhouse, the hard work and…
the wholesome pleasures, and the history and natural beauty of his native state. 1968.Take one step
By Evelyn West Ayrault. 1963
A victim of cerebral palsy tells the story of her life and of the determined parents who literally forced her…
to become self-sustaining in the face of discouragement. Today, a successful practicing psychologist, she has an intimate understanding of the problems faced by handicapped people. 1963.Take my hands: the remarkable story of Dr. Mary Verghese
By Dorothy Clarke Wilson. 1963
Roughing it in the bush: or, Forest life in Canada
By Susanna Moodie. 1962
Out on a limb
By Louise Maxwell Baker. 1946
Until we have no tomorrows: "Dottie"
By Patricia Brudenell. 1999
C: because cowards get cancer too
By John Diamond. 1998
Shortly before his 44th birthday, John Diamond received a call from the doctor who had removed a lump from his…
neck. Having been assured for the previous 2 years that this was a benign cyst, Diamond was told that it was cancerous. This is the story of Diamond's life with, and without, a lump.Patients
By Grand Corps Malade. 2012
" Il y a une quinzaine d'années, en chahutant avec des amis, le jeune Fabien, pas encore vingt ans, fait…
un plongeon dans une piscine. Il heurte le fond du bassin, dont l'eau n'est pas assez profonde, et se déplace les vertèbres. Bien qu'on lui annonce qu'il restera probablement paralysé à vie, il retrouve peu à peu l'usage de ses jambes après une année de rééducation. Quand il se lance dans une carrière d'auteur-chanteur-slameur, en 2003, c'est en référence aux séquelles de cet accident... On connaît l'immense succès qui suit : trois albums plébiscités par le public et la critique, une distinction de Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, qui récompense la qualité de sa plume, toujours subtile et surprenante... Dans son livre, où il se fait pour la première fois auteur d'un récit en prose, il raconte, avec humour, dérision et beaucoup d'émotion, les douze mois passés en centre de rééducation et relate les aventures tragiques mais aussi cocasses vécues par lui et ses colocataires d'infortune. " -- 4e de couv.The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
By Jonathan Mooney. 2019
"What makes this journey so inspiring is Mooney's transcendent humor; the self he has become does not turn away from…
old pain but can laugh at it, make fun of it, make it into something beautiful."-Los Angeles Times This program is read by the author. A young man once called unteachable journeys across America to investigate the lives of those, like himself, who are forced to create new ways of living in order to survive Labeled "dyslexic and profoundly learning disabled with attention and behavior problems," Jonathan Mooney was a short bus rider-a derogatory term used for kids in special education and a distinction that told the world he wasn't "normal." Along with other kids with special challenges, he grew up hearing himself denigrated daily. Ultimately, Mooney surprised skeptics by graduating with honors from Brown University. But he could never escape his past, so he hit the road. To free himself and to learn how others had moved beyond labels, he created an epic journey. He would buy his own short bus and set out cross-country, looking for kids who had dreamed up magical, beautiful ways to overcome the obstacles that separated them from the so-called normal world. In The Short Bus, his humorous, irreverent, and poignant record of this odyssey, Mooney describes his four-month, 35,000-mile journey across borders that most people never see. He meets thirteen people in thirteen states, including an eight-year-old deaf and blind girl who likes to curse out her teachers in sign language. Then there's Butch Anthony, who grew up severely learning disabled but who is now the proud owner of the Museum of Wonder. These people teach Mooney that there's no such thing as normal and that to really live, every person must find their own special ways of keeping on. The Short Bus is a unique gem, propelled by Mooney's heart, humor, and outrageous rebellions.