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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
869 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An evidence-based plan to reduce cancer risk and support treatment, featuring six pillars of lifestyle change to support health and well-being. Most patients (and many doctors) do not realize that changes in our daily choices and habits can reduce cancer risk; and improve quality of life, increase the chances of survival, and aid in the healing process for those with cancer. Drawing on the latest scientific evidence and a clinical trial developed...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Maddy is sixteen. She has loyal friends, a mother with whom she's unusually close, a father she's never met, devoted grandparents, and a crush on a boy named Jack. Maddy also has cancer. Deeply curious, wry, and vivacious, she's poised at the outset of adulthood, ready to untangle all the mysteries that living holds--if she survives her teens"--
Author
Series
Sanctuary Sound novel volume 3
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
445 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Peyton Prescott would give anything for the carefree life she knew before breast cancer changed everything. But instead of using her second chance to move forward, she's stuck promoting the memoir her brother convinced her to write, thus reliving the very battle she wants to forget. If she hopes her European book tour will allow her to enjoy revisiting her favorite travel-writing destinations, she's wrong: her PR whiz is too consumed with his own...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This is a true story which reaffirms the most sobering part of the wedding vows: "In sickness and in health...'til death do us part." It chronicles, in the words of the author and Penny herself, the discovery of her Stage 3, or possibly even Stage 4 cancer, her reaction to and ultimate rejection of the formal methods of treatment, her search for alternative medicine, and the final acceptance of her pending death. It is a story of the supportive love...
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Language
English
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"In 2011, when she was in her late fifties, author and journalist Joyce Maynard met the first true partner she had ever known. Jim wore a rakish hat over a good head of hair; he asked real questions and gave real answers; he loved to see Joyce shine, both in and out of the spotlight; and he didn't mind the mess she made in the kitchen. Before they met, both had believed they were done with marriage, and even after they married, Joyce resolved that...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
517 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Written by Deborah Ziegler, the mother of Brittany Maynard?a twenty-nine-year-old woman with a terminal brain tumor?this touching and beautiful memoir captures and celebrates her daughter?s spirit and the mostly untold story of Brittany's last year of life as she chose her right to die with dignity, a journey that inspired millions."--Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
517 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Marian cut herself off from her wealthy, conservative Irish Catholic family when she volunteered during the Spanish Civil War -- an experience she has always kept to herself. Now in her nineties, she shares her Rhode Island cottage with her granddaughter Amelia, a young woman of good heart but only a vague notion of life's purpose. Their daily existence is intertwined with Marian's secret past: the blow to her youthful idealism when she witnessed...
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Language
English
Description
""Promise me, Dad," Beau had told his father. "Give me your word that no matter what happens, you're going to be all right." Joe Biden gave him his word. Promise Me, Dad chronicles the year that followed, which would be the most momentous and challenging in Joe Biden's extraordinary life and career. Vice President Biden traveled more than a hundred thousand miles that year, across the world, dealing with crises in Ukraine, Central America, and Iraq....