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Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First Aladdin edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A true incident in the life of young Helen Keller in which she gets stuck in a storm and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, rescues her.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sex trafficking survivor and disability activist, after suffering unimaginable loss, illustrates how to find courage even in the darkest moments, giving women the permission to wrestle with difficult topics, honor the wisdom of their bodies and enact change from a place of strong faith.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience, she saw three figures who told her: "You can come with us, or you can stay. No matter what happens in your life, it's all going to make sense in the end." In that moment,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xix, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. From her love of food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to dismantling systemic ableism, Alice shares her...
Author
Publisher
eLectio Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Born into a family ravaged by genetic disease, Darcy Leech shares a coming of age story as much about beginnings as endings in exploring the life lessons learned in losing her brother and mother to myotonic muscular dystrophy. Leech narrates a moving meditation of the enduring mysteries of what dormant harbingers of genetic disease lurk within, the surprising possibilities in loss, and the deep resilience of the human spirit. The narrative highlights...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A leading medical ethnobotanist tells us the story of her quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants in this uplifting and adventure-filled memoir. Plants are the basis for an array of lifesaving and health-improving medicines we all now take for granted. Ever taken an aspirin? Thank a willow tree for that. What about life-saving medicines for malaria? Some of those are derived from cinchona and wormwood....
Publisher
Outcast Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Educational version, Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This film takes the audience on a visual and auditory journey into the interior worlds of people forced to cope with extreme loss of senses. This film about the human spirit's power of resistance, concludes in admiration for our species' ability to transform personal crises into new beginnings. "Humans can close their eyes but never stop listening. This simple fact signals the end of musician Graham Sharpe's career as a pathological noise invades...
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"FAR FROM THE TREE follows families meeting extraordinary challenges through love, empathy, and understanding. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. Based on Andrew Solomon's award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling non-fiction book "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity."--Container.
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