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Still Alice [videorecording] / by Baldwin, Alec,1958-; Bosworth, Kate,1983-; Mcrae, Shane.; Moore, Julianne.; Parrish, Hunter,1987-; Stewart, Kristen,1990-; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Shane Mcrae, Hunter Parrish.Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.Academy Award winner, best actress (Julianne Moore)
Subjects: Alzheimer's disease; Alzheimer's disease; Feature films.; Women college teachers;
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28 summers : a novel / by Hilderbrand, Elin,author.;
Once a year, Alice and Tom have met on Nantucket Island to rekindle the passionate love affair they began 28 years earlier. But nothing is forever. Tom's wife is in the national spotlight for her campaign for a Senate office and Alice has received a diagnosis that puts her future in doubt. Could their 28th summer together also be their last?
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Marriage; Adultery;
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Trauma and recovery : the aftermath of violence -- from domestic abuse to political terror / by Herman, Judith Lewis,1942-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context. Drawing on her own research on incest, as well as a vast literature on combat veterans and victims of political terror, she shows surprising parallels between private horrors like child abuse and public horrors like war. This edition includes a new epilogue by the author assessing what has -- and hasn't -- changed in understanding and treating trauma over the last three decades."--
Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder; Psychic trauma;
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28 summers [sound recording] : a novel / by Hilderbrand, Elin,author.; Bennett, Erin,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Erin Bennett.Once a year, Alice and Tom have met on Nantucket to rekindle the passionate love affair they began 28 years earlier. But nothing is forever. Tom's wife is in the national spotlight for her campaign for a Senate office and nd Alice has received a diagnosis that puts her future in doubt. Could their 28th summer together also be their last?
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Adultery; Marriage;
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A cure for darkness : the story of depression and how we treat it / by Riley, Alex,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What is depression? Is it a persistent low mood or a complex range of symptoms? Is it a single diagnosis or a diversity of mental disorders requiring different treatments? In 'A Cure for Darkness', science writer Alex Riley explores these questions, digging into the long history of depression and chronicling the lives of psychiatrists and scientists who sought cures for their patients.
Subjects: Riley, Alex; Depression, Mental.;
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A disease called childhood : why ADHD became an American epidemic / by Wedge, Marilyn.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: a season in childhood -- An American epidemic -- What is ADHD? -- A tale of many cultures -- How did we get here? -- How a diagnosis became an epidemic -- Big pharma and biological psychiatry -- The message in the media -- Saving our children -- Why American schools have to change -- Let food be thy medicine -- Tweens, teens, and screens -- Time-tested tactics for good parenting -- Protecting children in the age of Adderall.
Subjects: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Child rearing;
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Just ask! : be different, be brave, be you / by Sotomayor, Sonia,1954-; López, Rafael,1961-;
In this creative non-fiction story, Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans. In this warm and inclusive story by U.S. Supreme Justice Sonia Sotomayor, inspired by her own childhood diagnosis of diabetes, readers join along as differently abled kids use their strengths to work together and learn about each other.LSC
Subjects: Children with disabilities; Disabilities; Individuality; Cooperativeness; Gardens; Friendship;
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Lyme disease : why it's spreading, how it makes you sick, and what to do about it / by Barbour, Alan G.,1946-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Lyme disease.;
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My brief history [sound recording] / by Hawking, Stephen,1942-; Brenher, Matthew.;
Read by Matthew Brenher.Recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his postwar London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Writing with characteristic humility and humor, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of ALS at age 21. Tracing his progress as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onward through numerous intellectual breakthroughs, and talks about the genesis of his masterpiece A Brief History of Time.
Subjects: Hawking, Stephen, 1942-; Audiobooks.; Black holes (Astronomy); Cosmology.; Physicists;
© p2013., Random House Audio : Books on Tape,
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The theory of everything [videorecording] / by Hawking, Jane.Travelling to infinity: My life with Stephen.Videorecording.; Jones, Felicity,actor.; Lloyd, Harry,1983-; Marsh, James,1963-; Morrison, Thomas.; Orr-Ewing, Alice.; Perry, Sophie.; Prior, Tom,actor.; Redmayne, Eddie,1982-; Thewlis, David,1963-; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Focus Features.;
Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Thomas Morrison, Eddie Redmayne, Sophie Perry, Alice Orr-Ewing, David Thewlis, Harry Lloyd.Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of - time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Hawking, Jane; Hawking, Stephen, 1942-; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Astrophysicists; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships;
© 2015., Focus Features ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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