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Until I say good-bye: my year of living with joy
By Bret Witter, Susan Spencer-Wendel. 2013
After accepting her diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's disease in 2011, forty-five-year-old Palm Beach Post journalist quit her job and took…
seven journeys with friends and family to celebrate her life and create memories. She also met her birth mother, adopted a dog, and got permanent makeup. Some strong language. 2013Beyond the bear: how I learned to live and love again after being blinded by a bear
By Dan Bigley, Debra McKinney. 2013
Author recounts being blinded during a near-fatal grizzly bear attack in Alaska in 2003 at age twenty-five. Details his recovery…
and his attendance at a center for the visually impaired. Discusses earning a master degree, changing careers, and reuniting with--and marrying--his girlfriend. Some strong language. 2013House of prayer no. 2: a writer's journey home
By Mark Richard. 2011
Award-winning author pens his memoir using second- and third-person narratives. Describes a "special child" with a disability growing up in…
the 1960s South, wearing a full-body cast, experiencing a rebellious and dissolute period, becoming a published writer, and finding faith. Some strong language. 2011Breaking barriers: working and loving while blind : a memoir
By Peter Altschul. 2012
Autobiography of blind musician, composer, and social worker Altschul. Describes his youth in New York state, education at Princeton University…
and the New England Conservatory, and career and marriage. Also discusses his experience obtaining dogs through the Guiding Eyes for the Blind. 2012The man with the bionic brain: and other victories over paralysis
By Jon Mukand. 2012
Rehabilitation physician discusses BrainGate, the microelectrode system that operates by recognizing thought patterns that can manipulate a computer screen. Recounts…
implanting the device in the brain of Matthew Nagle, a twenty-one-year-old who suffered a stab wound in his neck that severed his spinal cord and made him a quadriplegic. 2012Miracle boy grows up: how the disability rights revolution saved my sanity
By Ben Mattlin. 2012
Writer and National Public Radio commentator's memoir of growing up with spinal muscular atrophy, a hereditary neurological disorder that causes…
progressive muscle weakness. Discusses his college career at Harvard (1980-84), his marriage, and fatherhood. Covers the disability rights movement and its effects on his life. Some strong language. 2012One hundred names for love: a stroke, a marriage, and the language of healing
By Diane Ackerman. 2011
Poet and author Ackerman recounts becoming the caretaker of her husband, novelist and critic Paul West, after he suffered a…
stroke in 2005 that left him with impaired vision, a frozen right hand, and aphasia. Describes the unconventional approach she tried when traditional therapies didn't work. 2011Who were the accused witches of Salem?: and other questions about the witchcraft trials (Six questions of American history)
By Laura Hamilton Waxman. 2012
Recounts the events that led up to the 1692 witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Discusses the incarceration, guilty verdicts, and…
execution of many of the villagers. Details the accusations of the young girls who fell ill. Includes timeline, facts, and resources. For grades 5-8. 2012Wherever I wind up: my quest for truth, authenticity and the perfect knuckleball
By Wayne Coffey, R. A. Dickey. 2012
Autobiography of the journeyman knuckleball pitcher, who was cut from his first professional team, the Texas Rangers, when doctors discovered…
that Dickey lacks a ligament in one of his elbows. Describes his impoverished Nashville upbringing, his quest for a career, and his Christian faith. 2012My father's fortune: a life
By Michael Frayn, Henry Holt and Co.. 2010
Award-winning British author and playwright chronicles his London family's ascension into the twentieth-century middle class. Relates the travails of his…
hard-of-hearing salesman father, who was raised by deaf parents, and the early death of his musically trained mother. Describes his own childhood during World War II. 2010Imperfect: an improbable life
By Tim Brown, Jim Abbott. 2012
Autobiography of professional baseball pitcher and 1988 Olympic gold-medal winner who was born without a right hand. Abbott discusses his…
blue-collar Flint, Michigan, childhood spent playing sports; his achievements in the major leagues, including a 1993 no-hitter for the New York Yankees; and his determination to reach the top. 2012What to look for in winter: a memoir in blindness
By Candia McWilliam. 2012
Memoir of Scottish novelist McWilliam, who became functionally blind in 2006 because of the involuntary closing of her eyelids from…
a condition known as blepharospasm. McWilliam reviews her life, describes undergoing a two-part operation to restore her vision, and explores a possible psychological basis for her sightlessness. Strong language. 2010Able to play: overcoming physical challenges (Good sports)
By Glenn Stout. 2012
Profiles four professional baseball players: pitcher Mordecai Brown, who lost a finger in a farming accident; third baseman Ron Santo,…
who dealt with diabetes throughout his career; pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without his right hand; and outfielder Curtis Pride, who was born deaf. For grades 3-6. 2012The boy in the moon: a father's journey to understand his extraordinary son
By Ian Brown, St. Martin`s Press. 2011
Award-winning journalist candidly recounts his relationship with his son Walker, who was born with cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (CFC), a rare genetic…
mutation. Discusses raising Walker at home and the heart-rending decision to place teenaged Walker in a care facility. Reflects on the value of human life. Some strong language. 2009Until Tuesday: a wounded warrior and the golden retriever who saved him
By Bret Witter, Luis Carlos Montalván, Luis Carlos Montalvan. 2011
Former army captain recalls returning stateside with numerous physical injuries--including traumatic brain injury--and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after two tours…
in Iraq. Describes acquiring a service dog named Tuesday and ways the canine helped him recover. 2011Chuck Close: life
By Christopher Finch. 2010
Biography of American artist Chuck Close (born 1940), famous for his larger-than-life photo-imitative portraits. Close discusses his learning disabilities, his…
marriage to his former student Leslie Rose, the bohemian 1960s New York, the challenges of balancing career and family, his paralysis at age forty-eight, and his return to painting. 2010Breath: a lifetime in the rhythm of an iron lung : a memoir
By Martha Mason. 2010
Quadriplegic journalist describes enjoying friendships, books, and a career despite needing an eight-hundred-pound iron lung for sixty-one years. Details her…
childhood, her brother's polio diagnosis and death at age thirteen, and contracting polio herself at age eleven--just days after his funeral. Recounts excelling in college with her mother's aid. 2003Life without limits: inspiration for a ridiculously good life
By Nick Vujicic. 2010
Motivational speaker uses himself as an example of the power of unconditional love and self-acceptance. He describes growing up without…
arms or legs and having self-pity turn into total enjoyment of life with the help of faith. Discusses the work he does worldwide. Includes his "ridiculous rules." 2010Witches, werewolves, and fairies: shapeshifters and astral doublers in the Middle Ages
By Claude Lecouteux. 2003
Professor of medieval literature analyzes the origins of several fantastic beings in the lore of Western Europe and examines their…
impact on the collective psyche. By exploring the concept of the soul and its "double," he posits ancient unifying themes across various cultures, including Celtic, Scandinavian, and Germanic. 2003Waking: a memoir of trauma and transcendence
By Matthew Sanford. 2008
The author, who was paralyzed at age thirteen in a car accident that killed his father and sister, describes his…
recovery and rehabilitation. Relates finding peace by practicing adaptive yoga and mind-body integration. Some strong language. 2006