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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
DescriptionIt’s been ten years since Mitch Albom first shared the wisdom of Morrie Schwartz together with the world. Now–twelve million copies later–in a new afterword, Mitch Albom reflects again on the meaning of Morrie’s life lessons and the gentle, irrevocable impact of their Tuesday sessions all those years ago. . .

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ManufacturerBroadway
Categories Educators   Special Needs   General   Grief & Bereavement   Contemporary   Inspirational   Paperback   Printed Books  
A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
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This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the much severe kid abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games this left him nearly dead. He had to study how to have fun his ...

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ManufacturerHCI
Categories Memoirs   Special Needs   General   Abuse   Child Abuse   Dysfunctional Relationships   Paperback   Printed Books  
The Lost Boy: Foster Child's Search For the Love of a Family (Sequel to A Child Called It)
DescriptionFOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The author continues the story of his own kid abuse, and his experiences being a foster kid moving in and out of five different foster homes.
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ManufacturerOmaha Press Publishing Company, Incorporated
Categories Memoirs   Special Needs   General   Dysfunctional Relationships   Paperback   Printed Books  
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
DescriptionNew York Times Bestseller


“As sweet and funny and sad and true and heartfelt a memoir as one could locate.”
—from the foreword by Augusten Burroughs


Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect together with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, ...
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ManufacturerThree Rivers Press
Categories Textbooks Trade-In   Memoirs   Special Needs   General   Personality Disorders   Autism & Asperger's Syndrome   Personality   Paperback   Printed Books  
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
DescriptionThe #1 New York Times bestseller together with legs as strong as its author's.

Lance Armstrong is one of the much talked concerning- and inspirational-sports figures of all time. He was Sports Illustrated 's 2002 Sportsman of the Year-and now, afterwards his record-shattering string of Tour de France victories, some are proclaiming him the ...
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ManufacturerBerkley Trade
Categories Special Needs   General   Paperback   Printed Books  
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
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What had happened to my stunning boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions this haunted each moment of David Sheff’s journey throughout his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic Sheff became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity ...
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ManufacturerMariner Books
Categories Textbooks Trade-In   Memoirs   Special Needs   General   Drug Dependency   Substance Abuse   Marriage & Family   Paperback   Printed Books  
A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness
DescriptionThe inspiring conclusion to A Kid Called "It" and The Lost Boy

"All those years you tried your excellent to break me, and I'm still here. One day you'll see, I'm going to do something of myself."--Dave Pelzer, from A Man Named Dave

These words were Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother, and they ...

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ManufacturerPlume
Categories Memoirs   Special Needs   General   Sexual Abuse   Family Relationships   Paperback   Printed Books  
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
DescriptionAlready being greeted together with extraordinary acclaim--the astonishing, profoundly moving memoir of a man afflicted by locked-in syndrome, a state of virtually total paralysis this leaves the victim, in the author's own words, "like a intellect in a jar."

In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor in chief of French Elle, the father of two young ...

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ManufacturerRandom House Audio
Categories General   Memoirs   Medical   Special Needs   Strokes   Books on Cassette  
Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
DescriptionBorn on a Blue Day is a journey into one of the much fascinating minds alive today -- guided by the owner himself. Daniel Tammet is virtually distinctive among people who have severe autistic disorders in this he is capable of living a fully independent life and effective to give details what is happening inside his head.

He sees numbers as forms, ...

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ManufacturerFree Press
Categories Psychopathology   General AAS   Textbooks Trade-In   Memoirs   Special Needs   General   Autism & Asperger's Syndrome   Paperback   Printed Books  
Drinking: A Love Story
DescriptionA journalist describes her twenty years as a functioning alcoholic, explaining how she used alcohol to escape the realities of life and personal relationships, until a series of personal crises forced her to confront her problem. Reprint. 90,000 first printing." The roots of alcoholism in the life of a brilliant daughter of an upper-class ...
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ManufacturerDial Press Trade Paperback
Categories Textbooks Trade-In   Memoirs   Special Needs   Women   General   Alcoholism   Paperback   Printed Books  
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