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Summary: The epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Kevin Pearce and Shaun White is documented in this exhilarating ride into the world of extreme snowboarding. With both practicing more and more breathtaking and dangerous tricks leading up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, everything suddenly changes for Kevin when a horrific crash leaves him fighting for his life. When he recovers, all he wants to do...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CRA

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CRA

Liontas, Annie

Summary: "Annie Liontas suffered multiple concussions in her thirties. In Sex with a Brain Injury, she writes about what it means to be one of the "walking wounded," facing her fear, her rage, her physical suffering, and the effects of head trauma on her marriage and other relationships. Forced to reckon with her own queer mother's battle with addiction, Liontas finds echoes in their pain. Liontas...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LIONTAS, ANNIE LIO

Maslin, Abby

Summary: "Abby Maslin shares an inspiring story of resilience and commitment in a deeply affecting new memoir. After her husband suffered a traumatic brain injury, the couple worked together as he recovered--and they learned to love again. When Abby Maslin's husband, TC, didn't make it home on August 18, 2012, she knew something was terribly wrong. Her fears were confirmed when she learned that her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MASLIN, ABBY MAS

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B MASLIN MAS

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