Conyers, Beverly.
Summary: Through compelling testimonials, along with the latest research and information on addiction and recovery, Conyers combines a personal and compassionate voice with one of authority. She takes a step even further revealing her own daughter's addiction and how she learned to lovingly detach herself and become more helpful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 CONMontgomery, Sy
Summary: "The story of a hummingbird's early life and how they make their way into the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.7 MONDelaney, Tara
Summary: This book includes dozens of therapeutic games for kids with autism and sensory spectrum disorders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.92 DELMyers-Powell, Brenda
Summary: "What did Brenda Myers-Powell want? When she turned to prostitution at the age of fifteen, she wanted to support her two baby daughters and have a little money for herself. She was pretty and funny as hell, and although she called herself "Breezy," she was also tough--a survivor in every sense of the word. Over the next twenty-five years, she would move across the country, finding new pimps,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MYERS-POWELL, BRENDA MYEShumway, Sterling T.
Contents: Hope -- Healthy coping skills -- Achievement and accomplishment -- Capacity for meaningful relationships -- Unique identity development -- Reclamation of agency -- Conclusion: spirituality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 SHUSummary: "Offers basic consumer health information about barriers physical rehabilitation, disabilities and types, treatment plans, modalities, physical limitations, co-occurring conditions, employment, and transportation, as well as insurance benefits. A directory of organizations that provide services for physical rehabilitation and therapy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Omnigraphics 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.8 PHYSummary: Contains personal stories and opinions of the participants who openly share their experience, strength and hope from drug and alcohol addiction to successful recovery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC REASummary: Documentary film sharing the efforts of two American organizations providing medical aid after the catastrophic 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Project Medishare, which set up clinics for victims, and the Knights of Columbus, which provided prosthetic limbs for the many young people who suffered amputations. The film also follows a small group of earthquake victims who form Team Zaryen, an amputee...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNBJaffe, Adi
Summary: "Breaking free of outdated explanations and rigid "rules" for recovery, The Abstinence Myth offers a hopeful, research-based framework for transformation by an addiction expert and renowned TEDx speaker who overcame his own addiction and has guided hundreds of clients into lives of joy and purpose"--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: IGNTD Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 JAFBarry, Susan R.
Summary: "Doctors have been able to cure some forms of congenital blindness and deafness for decades. But this has created another problem: most people end up hating their new senses. To ask someone to adapt to a new sense is to ask them to reshape their entire world. Many simply cannot. Every waking minute, they are bombarded by meaningless sights or sounds. Some sink into a depression so great that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.4 BARBrown, Stephanie
Summary: A comprehensive resource for families of loved ones recovering from alcoholism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.292 BROSummary: Documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. Against a background of social stigma, addiction recovery advocates are organizing to end discrimination and move toward recovery-based solutions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ANOWertz, Julia
Summary: "Celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronicles her haphazard attempts at sobriety and the relentlessly challenging, surprisingly funny, and occasionally absurd cycle of addiction and recovery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WERTZ, JULIA WERSummary: This award winning documentary follows outspoken indie-rock hero Bob Forrest, through his life-threatening struggle with addiction, to his transformation into one of the most influential and controversial drug counselors in the US today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BOBFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Narcotics Anonymous World Services 1993
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Summary: "When Grandpa loses his sight, he attends a school for veterans who are visually impaired. There he regains his confidence for independent living. Grandpa shares these experiences and talks about educating children about the tall white cane."--Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Disabl HoxieLevine, Adele.
Summary: "M*A*S*H meets Scrubs in a sharply observant, absurdly funny, inspiring, and totally unique debut memoir from a physical therapist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the birthplace of physical therapy and the world leader in prosthetic rehabilitation for injured war veterans"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEVINE, ADELE LEVWhitaker, Holly
Summary: "For years, Holly Whitaker wore her workaholic-party-girl persona as a badge of honor, while privately feeling increasingly miserable. She believed that if she could just eat cleaner, save more money, and be more perfect, her life would finally snap into place. Yet all of her attempts to fix herself just added up to more chaos and the chaos added up to more pain and so she added more wine. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 WHICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WHITAKER WITChesney, Will
Summary: "Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. This is Cairo's story, and that of his handler, Will Chesney, a SEAL Team Operator whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's. Starting in 2008, when Will was introduced to the SEAL canine program, he and Cairo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 921 CHESNEYFishman, Loren.
Contents: Restorative series -- Wheelchair series -- Chair series -- Seated poses -- Seated/floor series -- Pranayama and relaxation -- Reduce fatigue -- Improve range of motion -- Spasticity -- Strength -- Coordination and balance -- Confidence and calm -- Advanced balance -- Breathing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Demos Medical Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.834 FISLawford, Christopher Kennedy
Summary: "Your partner's addiction takes a toll on both of your lives. That doesn't mean you should turn your back on the person you love. We've been told that staying with a partner who struggles with addiction-whether it be with drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors-means that we're enabling their destructive behavior. That wanting to help them means we're codependent, and that the best thing for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 LAWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R LawfordLohmann, Raychelle Cassada
Summary: Provides teens who have suffered sexual trauma with advice on reaching out for support, working through feelings of shame or fear, and creating a personal safety plan, in a book that includes stories from sexual abuse survivors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.8 LOHPeters, Julie
Summary: Have the courage to heal. We know, increasingly, how common and devastating sexual violence is for women, but we don’t always talk about how survivors can recover from the trauma and return to desire, sexuality, trust, and pleasure. Want is the story of how Julie Peters did just that—and how you can, too. Move past the fog of trauma. In the years after the assault, Julie was in what she calls...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing Group 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 PETSummary: After being brutally attacked outside a bar and in spite of recovering from a coma and extensive physical injuries, Mark Hogancamp suffered brain damage and nearly total memory loss. Unable to afford therapy he spent the next few years building a scale model, World War II-era town, Marwencol, populated with dolls, where he lived out his fantasy life, and which he documented in photographs. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Guild 2010