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  Mistaken Identity

  Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope

  by Don Van Ryn, Susie Van Ryn, Newell Cerak, Colleen Cerak, Whitney Cerak

  Meet Laura Van Ryn and Whitney Cerak: one buried under the wrong name, one in a coma and being cared for by the wrong family. This shocking case of mistaken identity stunned the country and made national news. Would it destroy a family? Shatter their faith? Push two families into bitterness, resentment, and guilt? Read this unprecedented story of two traumatized families who describe their ordeal and explore the... (more)
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  Anything But Ordinary

  by Lara Avery

  An inspiring, bittersweet love story about making every day count.Bryce remembers it like it was yesterday. The scent of chlorine. The blinding crack and flash of pain. Blood in the water.When she wakes up in the hospital, all Bryce can think of is her disastrous Olympic diving trial. But everything is different now. Bryce still feels seventeen, so how can her little sister be seventeen, too?... (more)
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  The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows

  by Brian Castner

  In the tradition of Michael Herr’s Dispatches and works by such masters of the memoir as Mary Karr and Tobias Wolff, a powerful account of war and homecoming that grabs readers by the throat even as it touches their hearts. Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team—his brothers—would... (more)
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  Darkness All Around

  by Doug Magee

  Ten years after he disappears, a woman's ex-husband comes home -- to turn himself in for the murder of her best friend.
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  Horizons of Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery

  by Thomas Henstock

  In 2007, Tom ended 50 years of teaching of all ages, culminating with doctoral students. He taught in Boston, Xi'an and Seattle. Teaching in churches ran parallel to professorial, research and consulting roles. His forté lies in managerial quantitative analysis. He calls himself a numbers guy, or "bean counter." Those who know his work best, claim that he makes "numbers talk." As a professor and consultant,... (more)
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  I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse?

  by Suzy Becker

  Now in paperback, the ingenious illustrated memoir that is widely praised: “Hilarious, hell-raising, and frequently heart-wrenching.” —Booklist “<A> unique tragicomedy of a memoir . . . The author is so likable, even in her darkest hour, that as you applaud her recovery you also realize you’ll miss looking after her.” —Entertainment Weekly (“A” rating) “Compelling reading . . . Becker... (more)
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  All Rivers Flow to the Sea

  by Alison McGhee

  "McGhee writes confidently as one who remembers the ordinariness of adolescence as well as its angst . . . and compellingly creates a protagonist blindsided by loss." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review) For seventeen-year-old Rose, it keeps happening — the car crash. The car crash that put her sister, Ivy, in a coma with only a respirator keeping her alive. While Rose tries to find support from her reticent... (more)
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  Louise: Amended

  by Louise Krug

  "A massive brain trauma robbed fashionable young Louise of the shallow currency she'd banked on all her life, and the resulting struggle is a page-turner in which a person's very soul deepens before your eyes. Louise: Amended rewards a reader's time—a must read."—Mary Karr A beautiful young woman from Kansas is about to embark on the life of her dreams—California! Glossy journalism! French boyfriend!—only to... (more)
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  Sports Concussion and Neck Trauma: Preventing Injury for Future Generations

  by Dr. Kelly J. Roush

  SPORTS CONCUSSION AND NECK TRAUMA: Preventing Injury for Future Generations is a must read for everyone involved in athletics! This book educates coaches, athletes, parents, and physicians on the danger of continuing to play with a probable head/neck injury and how to do their part to prevent futher injury. This book includes personal interviews of a mother of a football player whom died of Second Impact Syndrome,... (more)