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41) Silver alert
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of an elderly man who, rather than give up his independence, heads off on a joyride with a new young friend"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
A once accomplished concert pianist, Richard now has ALS. As he becomes increasingly paralyzed and is no longer able to live on his own, Karina becomes his reluctant caretaker. As Richard's muscles, voice, and breath fade, both he and Karina try to reconcile their past before it's too late. This is a masterful exploration of redemption and what it means to find peace inside of forgiveness. Print run 150,000.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
260 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The popular actor recounts his childhood in western Canada, his rise in film and television, his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, and how he has worked to raise awareness of the disease and find a cure.
44) Miracle cure
Author
Physical Desc
528 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Dr. Bruce Grey and Dr. Harvey Riker find a cure for AIDS, two young lovers, popular TV journalist Sara Lowell, and Knicks star Michael Silverman, find themselves inextricably caught up in the political double dealings involved in the discovery.
45) Kentucky heat
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
330 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Determined to make her racing stables the best in Kentucky, Nealy Coleman Diamond finds her life changed by the arrival of her ex-husband's law partner, Hatch Littletree, but an unexpected tragedy threatens to destroy everything Nealy holds dear.
46) TailSpin
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Dispatched to the Kentucky mountains to discern the fates of a missing special agent and a doctor who is being protected by the FBI, agents Savich and Sherlock find the case further complicated by a young woman on the run and the doctor's mental deterioration.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Promising to be the debut novel of the season The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband?and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive... Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The triumphant result is Heart Berries, a memorial for...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of Brian Bechtold, who killed his parents in 1992 at the age of twenty-two. Critically acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman offers literary true crime writing at its best, taking us into the life of a murderer after his conviction-when most stories end but the defendant's life goes on"--
55) What about Bob?
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Bob Wiley, a troubled but lovable therapy patient, seeks help from noted psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin. When the doctor leaves town to go on a quiet family vacation, Bob, afraid of being alone, follows--showing up unexpectedly at the therapist's lakeside retreat. Bob becomes the houseguest that just won't leave.
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Language
English
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Description
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Kate Blunt will do anything for her son, Jasper, who has cystic fibrosis ... except get him a dog. The daily medical routine that keeps Jasper alive is complicated enough, though her decision runs contrary to her work as the veterinarian in charge of a Cape Cod animal shelter. Then a scarred, mistreated wreck of a dog turns up. Whistler is too old, too ugly for anyone to adopt. But the dog forms an instantaneous bond with Jasper. He never makes...
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 185 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The youngest American to ever orbit the earth-cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux-shows us all that when we face our fears with hope and faith, extraordinary things can happen. "It may be hard to believe while I'm gravity-bound on my bedroom floor, but if there's one thing I've learned in my time on Earth, it's that as long as you keep saying yes, everything is possible," says author Hayley Arceneaux. Arceneaux's power comes from her faith and her ability...
59) Unstoppable
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Tim Green has written an unforgettable story-inspired by interviews with real-life cancer survivors and insider sports experience-showing a brave boy who learns what it truly means to be unstoppable. If anyone understands the phrase "tough luck," it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing in the NFL is a long shot.
Then Harrison is brought into a new home with kind, loving...
60) The Bucket List
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common, except they both have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to make a Bucket List of all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die. In the process of completing the list, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.
