Author: Robert K Brown Publisher: ISBN: 9781733159012 Category : Languages : en Pages : 296
Book Description
An authentic, raw, page-turning debut memoir, "this intimate, passionate chronicle of recovery will appeal to those who've battled cancer" (Publishers Weekly). Perfect for fans of When Breath Becomes Air. In 1990, Robert K. Brown was an ordinary college student studying abroad in England when a series of unexpected and extraordinary events would change the trajectory of his life forever. Choosing to ignore ominous early symptoms, he was still troubled enough to write in his journal "just for the record ... I am frightened because things are happening to me that I can't explain away." What follows is a race against time to return home to Seattle for months of chemotherapy, countless complications, and a search for as much normalcy as possible when you're forced to face your mortality at twenty. "While memoirs of surviving disease are plenty, Hundred Percent Chance stands apart through its genuine humor and unflinching portrayal of both the physical and psychological struggles that accompany a diagnosis of disease. Brown avoids inspirational platitudes, instead demonstrating the need for perspective and perseverance in the face of illness. "Every person Brown introduces, whether their role is significant or small, will leave a memorable impression on readers. This memoir's focus on the tiny moments that ultimately shape and define a life, are particularly poignant and engrossing" (The BookLife Prize). 10% of all proceeds will benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Author: Karen Romano Young Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 1452143641 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 306
Book Description
The last year of elementary school is big for every kid. In this novel, equal parts funny and crushing, utterly honest and perfect for boys and girls alike, Christine Gouda faces change at every turn, starting with her own nickname—Tink—which just doesn't fit anymore. Readers will relate to this strong female protagonist whose voice rings with profound authenticity and absolute novelty, and her year's cringingly painful trials in normalcy—uncomfortable Halloween costumes, premature sleepover parties, crushed crushes, and changing friendships. Throughout all this, Tink learns, what you call yourself, and how you do it, has a lot to do with who you are. This book marks beloved author Karen Romano Young's masterful return to children's literature: a heartbreakingly honest account of what it means to be between girl and woman, elementary and middle school, inside and out—and just what you name that in-between self.
Author: Steven Woloshin Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520252225 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 154
Book Description
Understanding risk -- Putting risk in perspective -- Risk charts : a way to get perspective -- Judging the benefit of a health intervention -- Not all benefits are equal : understand the outcome -- Consider the downsides -- Do the benefits outweight the downsides? -- Beware of exaggerated importance -- Beware of exaggerated certainty -- Who's behind the numbers?
Author: Robert K. Brown Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781793431493 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 268
Book Description
Hundred Percent Chance follows the story of a twenty-year old college student who was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia in 1990 while studying overseas in Lancaster, England. He notices - and then ignores - obvious early symptoms, as you might expect from someone at that age so far from home.This memoir is funny and angry and hopeful and sad and realistic. A coming-of-age story with cancer, it does not pretend that the path to lasting health comes easily, or that a sunny disposition is all you need for everything to work out. It is about much more than just surviving leukemia: tackling adversity through patience and perseverance, stumbling often and getting back up anyway, leaning on humor and love to make it through the worst of times.
Author: Howard G Buffett Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1451687869 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 464
Book Description
The son of legendary investor Warren Buffet relates how he set out to help nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security through his passion of farming, in forty stories of lessons learned.
Author: Margaret Stohl Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0316279781 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 432
Book Description
The Icons came from the sky. They belong to an inhuman enemy. They ended our civilization, and they can kill us. Most of us. Dol, Ro, Tima, and Lucas are the four Icon Children, the only humans immune to the Icon's power to stop a human heart. Now that Los Angeles has been saved, things are more complicated - and not just because Dol has to choose between Lucas and Ro, the two great loves of her life. As she flees to a resistance outpost hidden beneath a mountain, Dol makes contact with a fifth Icon Child, if only through her visions. When Dol and the others escape to Southeast Asia in search of this missing child, Dol's dreams, feelings and fears collide in an epic showdown that will change more than just four lives -- and stop one heart forever. In this riveting sequel to Icons, filled with nonstop action and compelling romance, bestselling author Margaret Stohl explores what it means to be human and how our greatest weakness can be humanity's strongest chance at survival.
Author: Amir D. Aczel Publisher: High Stakes ISBN: 9781843440253 Category : Chance Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
Celebrated mathematician Amir D Aczel sets his sights on the probability theory - the branch of mathematics that measures the likelihood of a random event. What is commonly called 'luck' has mathematical roots - and in Aczel's capable hands readers learn to increase their odds of success in everything from true love to the stock market.
Author: Michael J. Neufeld Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 378
Book Description
Could the Allies have prevented the deaths of tens of thousands of Holocaust victims? Inspired by a conference held to mark the opening of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, this book brings together the key contributions to this debate.
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