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A Memoir
by Ryan Knighton
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by Kurt Eichenwald
Published Oct 2019
Read ReviewsThe compelling story of an acclaimed journalist and New York Times bestselling author's ongoing struggle with epilepsyhis torturous decision to keep his condition a secret to avoid discrimination, and his ensuing decades-long battle to not only survive, but to thrive.
For the Benefit of Those Who See
by Rosemary Mahoney
Published Mar 2015
Read ReviewsRosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school.
by Margalit Fox
Published Aug 2008
Read ReviewsImagine a village where everyone "speaks" sign language. Just such a village -- an isolated Bedouin community in Israel with an unusually high rate of deafness -- really exists. There, an indigenous sign language has sprung up, used by deaf and hearing villagers alike. It is a language no outsider has been able to decode, until now.
by Paula Kamen
Published Apr 2006
Read ReviewsFull of self-deprecating humor, and razor sharp reporting, All in My Head is the remarkable story of perseverance, acceptance, and patience in the face of terrifying pain.
by Cheryl Peck
Published Jan 2004
Read ReviewsPeck unfolds these biographical stories with a healthy sense of humor and intelligent wit exploring the themes of family, growing up, love and loss.
by David Henry Sterry
Published Feb 2003
Read ReviewsThe funny, touching story of a sweet, wide-eyed son of Seventies Suburbia who spends a year as a teenage sex worker servicing rich, lonely women in Beverly Hills. A gripping story that explores what it means to suffer through the underbelly of the American Dream. And make it out alive.
by David Sedaris
Published Jun 2001
Read ReviewsTells a most unconventional life story. "Original, acid, and wild" --said the Los Angeles Times. Written as 17 autobiographical essays.
by Christopher Reeve
Published Jun 1999
Read ReviewsThe determined, passionate story of one man, and how he and his family came to grips with the kind of devastating, unexplainable shock that fate can bring to any of us.
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