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Author : Oliver Sacks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684853957
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)
Download or read book A Leg to Stand On written by Oliver Sacks and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998-04-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Summit Books, 1984.
Author : Mary O'Brien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781843867432
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (674 download)
Download or read book Not a Leg to Stand on written by Mary O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary O'Brien never let the grass grow under her feet, even though she lost both legs at the age of two in a farm accident. As Ireland's first double amputee to be fitted with artficial limbs she soon learned to ride a bicycle and careered off into a full life. Now with colour and humour Mary charts the milestones along the way: Growing up in a large family where her accident was never discussed. Her years as just another of the girls at a convent boarding school. Working as an Occupational Therapist for 30 years through a revolution in mental health care. Meeting and marrying John and raising two sons. Learning to swim and then going on to win Triple Gold at the Disabled Games and Stoke Mandeville. Studying Art, teaching it, and gaining wide recognition as a professional artist. Being awarded an M.B.E. Between these pivotal moments Mary describes all other trials, tribulations and triumphs of a remarkable life. Through it all, she stands tall on the only limbs she has ever known while her warm vivid memories present a unique picture of Ireland since the Second World War. They will inspire readers to constantly reach beyond their limitations and make their mark.
Author : Oliver Sacks
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593311019
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)
Download or read book A Leg to Stand On written by Oliver Sacks and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Oliver Sacks’s books Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars, and the bestselling The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment of patients affected with profound disorders. In A Leg to Stand On, it is Sacks himself who is the patient: an encounter with a bull on a desolate mountain in Norway has left him with a severely damaged leg. But what should be a routine recuperation is actually the beginning of a strange medical journey when he finds that his leg uncannily no longer feels like part of his body. Sacks’s brilliant description of his crisis and eventual recovery is not only an illuminating examination of the experience of patienthood and the inner nature of illness and health but also a fascinating exploration of the physical basis of identity. This 1984 classic is now available in an expanded edition with a new foreword, written by Kate Edgar, executive director of the Oliver Sacks Foundation.
Author : Amy Hindley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473439347
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (393 download)
Download or read book Not a Leg to Stand on written by Amy Hindley and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colleen Haggerty
Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 1631529242
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)
Download or read book A Leg to Stand On written by Colleen Haggerty and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Colleen Haggerty lost her leg in an accident during her senior year of high school, she could have retreated from life and let her disability become her defining quality—and no one would have blamed her for it. Instead, she went the opposite way. In the years following her accident, Haggerty explored her physical world with vigor, testing the limits of her body by joining a ski team, playing with a co-ed soccer team, and taking up kayaking and backpacking. She also tested the limits of her heart, pursuing love and passion with restless men. In A Leg to Stand On, Haggerty recounts her life as a disabled woman, from redefining herself as a young woman after tragedy—fierce and able, but haunted by hard choices and suppressed grief—to choosing marriage and motherhood. That choice comes at great cost to the physical freedom Haggerty has fought for, but ultimately she redemption, fulfillment, and self-acceptance in the bargain. No one will read this book without being inspired to accept their past and create the future they always wanted.
Author : Timothy McHenry
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781475951448
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (514 download)
Download or read book A Leg to Stand On written by Timothy McHenry and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Tim McHenry first set eyes on Dixie, he sensed that his life would never be quite the same. Dixie had been hit by a car which resulted in the loss of her left front leg. She was given a second chance thanks to the compassion of a shelter director and the skill of a generous veterinarian. Tim adopted Dixie. Her rehabilitation became Tim’s responsibility. Little did he know that he would be the one who would soon need rescuing. Together, Tim and Dixie discovered that their extraordinary love would ultimately lead them on a path to redemption and give them both a leg to stand on.
Author : D.D. Mayers
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1785382594
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)
Download or read book You Have Not a Leg to Stand On written by D.D. Mayers and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of one man's journey from happiness to despair and back again. At thirty-two and at the peak of health, D.D. Mayers lived in a Kenyan paradise with his beautiful wife. Then tragedy struck; an accident left him paralysed from the waist down, destined to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Mayers takes the reader on an emotional yet witty and amusing tour of his life, guiding us from his childhood (and the ‘pointless' schooling he receives) through to his emergence as a young man who somehow finds himself earning money as a professional actor. One role takes him to Kenya, where we meet his wonderful wife, and we join the two for a trip through the Middle East, many years before war ravaged much of its warmth and beauty. After moving to London for a number of years, the couple return to Kenya - only for them to experience a life-changing event. The gripping storytelling throughout the book takes us from the author’s despair and feelings of worthlessness all the way through to a final, peaceful contentment. You will laugh and you will cry - but you won’t be able to put the book down.
Author : Oliver W. Sacks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)
Download or read book A Leg to Stand on written by Oliver W. Sacks and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Hauck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780859693356
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (933 download)
Download or read book How to Stand Up for Yourself written by Paul Hauck and published by . This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're all brought up to be polite, but there are times when you have to raise your voice. Giving in to other people all the time only leads to feelings of resentment, yet when you do make a stand for yourself you feel guilty. Dr Hauck does away with these negative feelings and shows you how to feel good about being yourself. His practical advice and sound reasoning help you to get your own way without taking advantage of other people.
Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : Xist Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1681951916
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (819 download)
Download or read book The Secret Sharer written by Joseph Conrad and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weathering our Inner and Outer Storm “Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but fear, too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions.” - Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer Like many of Conrad’s writings, the action in The Secret Sharer is set on a boat at sea and revolves around a central character torn apart. He is the new ship captain and has to win the trust of his crew. To make things difficult however, he accepts to hide a man accused of murder in his cabin. The two characters strike up a strange bound. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Author : Rob Sullivan
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071402774
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Getting Your Foot in the Door When You Don't Have a Leg to Stand On written by Rob Sullivan and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2001-11-19 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a job is intimidating, especially when significant experience is the main thing a job hunter is lacking. In Getting Your Leg in the Door When You Don't Have a Leg to Stand On, the author, a successful headhunter and job-hunting coach, shares insights and techniques that he learned from working with job hunters at all levels. He presents expert advice, case studies, and strategies for getting the interview, then demonstrating the qualities and skills most likely to convince an employer of one's abilities.
Author : Jame R. Morey
Publisher : Customer Strategy Academy
ISBN 13 : 9781733250191
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book A Leg to Stand On: How To Live Without Excuses, Be Unstoppable, And Choose To Thrive After Losing A Limb written by Jame R. Morey and published by Customer Strategy Academy. This book was released on 2021-01-24 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you undergone a below the knee amputation (BKA) or an above the knee amputation (AKA)? ★ ★ Do you know anyone who has? ★ ★ This book is filled with valuable information, strategies and tips for BKA and AKA amputees, as well as for upper limb amputees, their family members and caregivers. ★ ★ You will gain insight, advice, hope, encouragement, understanding, and a bit of humor from someone who has gone through it. ★ ★ This is a story of challenge and hope - not merely roadblocks or tragedy. ★ ★ You will have "a leg to stand on" - even when life has thrown you a curveball.
Author : Cari Lynn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9781841126647
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Leg the Spread written by Cari Lynn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Leg The Spread' tells the story of one woman's experience of surviving the stereotyping, stress and sexism of the ultimate boys club - the commodities trading floor.
Author : Joan Bauer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142404276
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (424 download)
Download or read book Stand Tall written by Joan Bauer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-08-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old, copes with his parents' recent divorce and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather, a Vietnam vet and recent amputee, and Sophie, a new girl at school.
Author : Oliver Sacks
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593466683
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)
Download or read book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat written by Oliver Sacks and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his most extraordinary book, the bestselling author of Awakenings and "poet laureate of medicine” (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients inhabiting the compelling world of neurological disorders, from those who are no longer able to recognize common objects to those who gain extraordinary new skills. Featuring a new preface, Oliver Sacks’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with perceptual and intellectual disorders: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; whose limbs seem alien to them; who lack some skills yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. In Dr. Sacks’s splendid and sympathetic telling, his patients are deeply human and his tales are studies of struggles against incredible adversity. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicine’s ultimate responsibility: “the suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject.”
Author : Stephen King
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307743683
Total Pages : 1474 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book The Stand written by Stephen King and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011 with total page 1474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monumentally devastating plague leaves only a few survivors who, while experiencing dreams of a battle between good and evil, move toward an actual confrontation as they migrate to Boulder, Colorado.
Author : Scott Rigsby
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414333153
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Unthinkable written by Scott Rigsby and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the nine years between the cars accident that claimed both his legs to Scott Rigsby becoming the first double-leg amputee using prosthetics to cross the finish line in the grueling Ford Ironman World Championship triathlon in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
