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Author
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher. Someone older who understood you when you were young and searching, who helped you see the world as a more profound place, and gave you advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of your mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't...
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"2010 had been a very good year for Bruce H. Kramer. But what began as a floppy foot and leg weakness led to a shattering diagnosis: he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS is a cruel, unrelenting neurodegenerative disease where the body's muscles slowly weaken, including those used to move, swallow, talk, and ultimately breathe. There is no cure; ALS is a death sentence. When death is a constant companion, sitting too closely beside you at the...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 353 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life. Who am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaningful to me? What difference does it make that I have lived? What does it mean to be truly human, and where am I on that scale? Morrie Schwartz, the beloved subject of the classic, multimillion-copy number one bestseller Tuesdays with...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend - the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears his name. But as this definitive new biography makes clear, Gehrig's life was more complicated - and, perhaps, even more heroic - than anyone really knew. Drawing...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xi, 362 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A moving and inspirational memoir by celebrated journalist Susan Spencer-Wendel who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
After journalist Spencer-Wendel learns of her diagnosis of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, she embarks on several adventures. This includes taking her fourteen-year-old daughter, Marina, to New York City's Kleinfeld's Bridal to shop for Marina's future...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that takes away the ability to move, talk, and breathe. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-three years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date. His memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and pain and despair he has experienced. Writing using eye-tracking...
Author
Publisher
ForeEdge
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xii, 154 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
While everyone knows of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the viral craze that swept the nation in summer 2014, too few know the truly inspirational story behind it. Pete Frates was a man at war with his own body. A man whose love for others was unshakable. A man who refused to fight alone, and in so doing mobilized a global army to combat one of the most devastating diseases on earth: ALS, or Lou Gehrigs disease. When disease crippled Frates, the former...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a neurological disease at age 21, Stephen did not let the illness...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Confined to a wheelchair and surrounded by an entourage of nurses, Stephen Hawking was a symbol of the power of mind over matter. The public adored him, and the media compared him to Newton and Einstein. Appearing at concerts, on The Simpsons, and even on the edge of space, he was an icon who captured the imaginations of audiences all over the world. It didn't seem to matter that his fans had only a tenuous understanding of his contributions, or...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 281 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"At thirty-two, Ady Barkan had everything he wanted: a fulfilling career in the progressive movement, a brilliant wife, and a beautiful newborn son. Then his luck ran out. What he thought might be carpal tunnel was in fact ALS, a neurological disease that would probably paralyze and kill him quickly. But then, with his life slipping away and American democracy under grave threat, he turned a devastating diagnosis into his most potent tool. [This book]...
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
An inspirational, life-affirming memoir from the great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien.
"An inspirational, life-affirming memoir from the great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien. Having grown up on their great-grandfather's stories, Royd Tolkien and his brother, Mike, have always enjoyed adventures. So when Mike is diagnosed with motor neurone disease, also known as ALS, the brothers decide to use the time they have left to tick off as much as possible from...
16) I found my tribe
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A transformative, euphoric memoir about finding solace in the unexpected... Ruth's tribe are her lively children and her filmmaker husband Simon who has ALS and can only communicate with his eyes. Ruth's other 'tribe' are the friends who gather at the cove in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, and regularly throw themselves into the freezing cold water, just for kicks. The Tragic Wives' Swimming Club, as they jokingly call themselves, meet to cope with the...
Author
Publisher
Conari Press
Pub. Date
[2017].
Physical Desc
173 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After returning home from a year abroad, Marissa's husband, Harvey was diagnosed with ALS. The disease progressed quickly and Marissa was soon consumed with caring for Harvey while trying to keep life as normal as possible for their children. This is a story about the redemptive power of terminal illness.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
168 pages : black & white illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1974, Stephen Hawking made an astonishing discovery about black holes. They actually glow! Although he had an incurable paralyzing disease, Stephen never let that stop him from becoming the most famous scientist of his time. Find out how the boy nicknamed 'Einstein' blazed a trail in the study of the universe" -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This true story chronicles the frustrations and joys of Kathy Tank as she fought to beat Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). Kathy's story of determination and hope, her fight to beat a disease that the "experts" told her was unbeatable, is both inspiring and tragic."--Publisher description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Do you like to gaze at the stars? So did the young Stephen Hawking. Eventually, he turned his fascination with the night sky into a career of trying to figure out how the universe began and how it works. In college, Hawking studies physics and cosmology, or how the universe came to be. But then he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that shuts down the nerves that control muscles. His doctors thought he had two years...