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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

by Anne Fadiman

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run "Quiet War" in Laos. The Hmong,... (more)

Epileptic

by David B.

Hailed by The Comics Journal as one of Europe’s most important and innovative comics artists, David B. has created a masterpiece in Epileptic, his stunning and emotionally resonant autobiography about growing up with an epileptic brother. Epileptic gathers together and makes available in English for the first time all six volumes of the internationally acclaimed graphic work. David B. was born Pierre-François... (more)

The Idiot

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky’s masterful translation of The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov , and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English. After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment , Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin,... (more)

Gemma Doyle Trilogy: Book 1

A Great and Terrible Beauty

by Libba Bray

It’s 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma’s reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she’s been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her.... (more)

My Sister's Keeper

A Novel

by Jodi Picoult

New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness. Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her... (more)

Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir

by Lauren Slater

"<Slater has> the playful mind of a philosopher and the exquisite, unique voice of a poet." (The Washington Post Book World) In this powerful and provocative new memoir, award-winning author Lauren Slater forces readers to redraw the boundary between what we know as fact and what we believe through the creation of our own personal fictions. Mixing memoir with mendacity, Slater examines memories of her... (more)

Iodine: A Novel

by Haven Kimmel

Haven Kimmel, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, has long attracted legions of fans for her insightful, humane portraits of outsiders struggling to find their place in the world. In Iodine , her fourth novel, Kimmel once again draws on her exceptional powers of observation and empathy, but this time she makes an exhilarating foray into psychological gothic territory with the electrifying story of a young... (more)

Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks

by Luke Wroblewski

Forms make or break the most crucial online interactions: checkout, registration, and any task requiring information entry. In Web Form Design, Luke Wroblewski draws on original research, his considerable experience at Yahoo! and eBay, and the perspectives of many of the field's leading designers to show you everything you need to know about designing effective and engaging web forms.

Epilepsy In Our Lives: Women Living with Epilepsy (The Brainstorms Series)

Epilepsy In Our Lives: Women Living with Epilepsy (The Brainstorms Series)

by Kaarkuzhali Babu Krishnamurthy, Deborah T. Combs-Cantrell

The Almost Archer Sisters: A Novel

by Lisa Gabriele

Georgia "Peachy" Archer always thought she was happy with her choices in life: quitting college, marrying young, raising two boys in the same small town where she grew up. But just as Peachy's life is beginning to settle into a careful routine, her sister's life begins to dangerously unravel. Beth Archer chose a different life: fancy apartment in Manhattan, fancy friends, making lots of money. She's been on her... (more)

Epilepsy in Our View: Stories from Friends and Families of People Living with Epilepsy (Brainstorms)

Epilepsy in Our View: Stories from Friends and Families of People Living with Epilepsy (Brainstorms)

A collection of personal stories from friends, family members, and co-workers of people with epilepsy in which they describe their observations and feelings about witnessing seizures and about the person with epilepsy. Epilepsy in Our View shed light on the social consequences of epilepsy while increasing understanding of what's happening when a person has a seizure.

Winter Haven

by Athol Dickson

Eleven years ago, Vera Gamble's brother left their house never to be seen again. Until the day Vera gets a phone call that his body has been found...washed ashore in the tiny island town of Winter Haven, Maine. His only surviving kin, Vera travels north to claim the body..and finds herself tumbling into a tangled mystery. Her brother hasn't aged a day since last she saw him. Determined to uncover what... (more)

Epilepsy on Our Terms: Stories by Children with Seizures and Their Parents (The Brainstorms Series)

Epilepsy on Our Terms: Stories by Children with Seizures and Their Parents (The Brainstorms Series)

by Georgia D. Montouris, John M. Pellock

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Epilepsy in Our World: Stories of Living with Seizures from Around the World (The Brainstorm Series)

Epilepsy in Our World: Stories of Living with Seizures from Around the World (The Brainstorm Series)

by Lisa Andermann

The Music Room: A Memoir

by William Fiennes

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother. William Fiennes spent his childhood in a moated castle, the perfect environment for a child with a brimming imagination. It is a house alive with history, beauty, and mystery, but the young boy growing up in it is equally in awe of his brother Richard. Eleven years older and a magnetic... (more)

Epilepsy in Our Words: Personal Accounts of Living with Seizures (The Brainstorms Series)

Epilepsy in Our Words: Personal Accounts of Living with Seizures (The Brainstorms Series)

Seized

by Eve LaPlante

"Fascinating account of medical research...LaPlante shows how a brain scar may cause bizarre aggressive or sexual behavior-and works of profound creative imagination." &#0151Howard Gardner "Readers intrigued by Oliver Sacks' Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat will welcome LaPlante's book...Thoughtful...Highly recommended." &#0151 Library Journal "LaPlante's descriptions of the human brain are... (more)

The Fire Within

by JoAnne Thornton-BenDchiche

This is an inside look into the world of epilepsy. An ailment that many people have but most do not discuss openly. This is one woman's story. A story that follows her life's ups and downs, twists and turns. A story that could possibly open the public's eyes to the daily struggles of an epileptic. "After awaking in a rocking chair, I looked around the room and a feeling so powerful came over me that no bolt of... (more)

The Brainstorms Healer: Epilepsy in Our Experience (Brainstorms Series, 4)

The Brainstorms Healer: Epilepsy in Our Experience (Brainstorms Series, 4)

by A. James Rowan

Harvard Univ., Boston, MA. Covers the emotions experienced by those who work with epilepsy patients and their families and the frustration of failing to control seizures. Addresses experiences of practitioners with seizures who come to understand first-hand the perspective of patients with epilepsy. For the patient and practitioner.

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