This diabetic cookbook contains over 200 specially created recipes which provide healthy, balanced meals. Each recipe lists calories per serving,… (Show full summary)

The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only functioning muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable account of being locked inside his own body. 1997.

The New York Times bestselling author of "Eat to Live" and "Super Immunity", and one of the country's leading experts… (Show full summary)

Abbey Curran lives by the motto "If you can dream it, you can do it." She was born with cerebral… (Show full summary)

At age 52, the author was stricken by a massive heart attack while hunting elk. He reveals his torturous recovery… (Show full summary)

Chronicles the life of Laura Bridgman, who, born into a New Hampshire farm family in 1829, became deaf and blind… (Show full summary)

The authors answer more than 130 frequently asked questions about diabetes. Chapters address general information, facts about Type I and… (Show full summary)

For diabetics, diet is more than a lifestyle choice - it's the key to controlling the course of their disease.… (Show full summary)

After a disabling accident, Gonzalez had lost interest in living. Then a friend suggested that he adopt a dog. Ginny,… (Show full summary)

Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness.… (Show full summary)

Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with… (Show full summary)

In 1976, Robert Murphy first learns that he has a spinal tumour; he now is paralyzed from the neck down.… (Show full summary)

Revised edition containing information on diabetes and its management, based on 1994 recommendations of the American Diabetes Association. Includes advice… (Show full summary)

Twenty-one-year old Terry, who lost a leg to cancer, ran part way across Canada to raise money for cancer research, stopping only when he again became ill. 1981.

Profiles of twenty individuals who prevailed over various learning differences (LD), such as dyslexia and attention-deficit disorder. Each narrative account… (Show full summary)

Nicole went through surgery to remove a malignant tumour on her spine, then radiotherapy, a brain haemorrhage, blindness, loss of… (Show full summary)

Ce temoignage dresse le portrait saisissant d'une epoque, la notre, qui redecouvre avec effroi que la sexualite reste une affaire dangereuse. 1985.

The author says that as a profoundly deaf child, she was taught to adapt to the hearing world. But after… (Show full summary)

Presents interviews with handicapped or physically "different" people. They tell of their experiences in childhood, school, social and work life,… (Show full summary)

At the age of thirty-four, Gerald Shea discovered that he had been partially deaf since childhood, yet somehow managed to… (Show full summary)